Wind Dancer Production Group v. Walt Disney Pictures
Annotate this CasePlaintiffs, writers and producers who entered into a profit participation agreement with Walt Disney Pictures regarding their work on the television series, Home Improvement, filed suit alleging that Disney failed to properly account for and pay them the amounts owed under the parties' agreement. The trial court granted Disney's motion for summary adjudication, finding that the claims were time-barred by the contractual limitations period in the incontestability clause. The court concluded that plaintiffs' claims were within the scope of the incontestability clause in the parties' profit participation agreement; Disney met its burden of showing that the 24-month limitations period in the parties' agreement expired prior to the producers objecting to the participation statements; plaintiffs waived the discovery rule by agreeing to the incontestability clause; and, based on the totality of the evidence about Disney's alleged conduct, there were triable issues of fact as to whether Disney waived or was estopped from asserting a contractual limitations defense. Accordingly, the court reversed the judgment.
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