T.P., et al. v. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., No. 2:2015cv05346 - Document 516 (C.D. Cal. 2021)

Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT by Judge Cormac J. Carney. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Bellwether I, II, III, IV, and V and Overlapping Plaintiffs shall have and recover nothing on their claims against Disney. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment is entered in favor of Disney and against the Bellwether I, II, III, IV, and V and Overlapping Plaintiffs on the merits. Related to: NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Dismiss R.C.R.'s and T.W.R.'s Claims 512 . SEE DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. (twdb)

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T.P., et al. v. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. Doc. 516 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 T.P., ET AL., 13 Plaintiffs, 14 15 16 17 v. WALT DISNEY PARKS AND RESORTS U.S., INC., 18 Defendant. 19 20 21 ) ) Case No.: CV 15-05346-CJC(Ex) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) FINAL JUDGMENT ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 22 23 The original complaint in this case was filed against Walt Disney Parks and 24 Resorts U.S., Inc. (“Disney”) on behalf of fifty-five individual plaintiffs, representing 25 twenty-seven plaintiff families. (See Dkt. 1-1 to 1-10.) Given the number of plaintiffs 26 and claims at issue in the case, the Court issued Orders on May 25, 2016 and October 17, 27 2019, requiring the claims of the plaintiffs to be tried in successive bellwether phases, 28 rather than all at once. (See Dkt. 50, 379.) -1Dockets.Justia.com 1 All fifty-five plaintiffs’ claims have now been resolved. The parties have litigated 2 the claims of five sets of bellwether plaintiffs, and in each phase, the Court granted 3 summary judgment in favor of Disney on all of the bellwether plaintiffs’ claims. (See 4 Dkt. 126 [T.P., S.P., A.M.W., D.L.W. and R.D.W., or the “Bellwether I Plaintiffs”]; 5 Dkts. 224, 225 [P.F.E., B.P.E., E.A.P. and A.E.P., or the “Bellwether II Plaintiffs”]; Dkt. 6 355 [C.M.H., H.A.H., J.A.S. and J.F.S., or the “Bellwether III Plaintiffs”]; Dkts. 464, 7 465, 466 [K.A.C., J.L.C., V.J.B., S.L.B., Y.Z. and M.Y.R., or the “Bellwether IV 8 Plaintiffs”]; Dkts. 510 & 511 [T.J.A., L.A., E.W.V. and A.M.P., or the “Bellwether V 9 Plaintiffs”].) The Court has also granted Disney’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings 10 on the claims of certain plaintiffs who filed claims against Disney in the Middle District 11 of Florida. (See Dkt. 145 [A.M.N., V.M.N., B.D.G., D.F., C.F., D.L.B., L.V.F., E.G.R., 12 L.D.J., D.A.J., L.T.T., L.J.T., M.I.P., T.A.L., G.L., A.T.W., and T.L.R., or the 13 “Overlapping Plaintiffs”].) The remaining plaintiffs’ claims have been voluntarily or 14 involuntarily dismissed with prejudice (the “Dismissed Plaintiffs”), with Disney and each 15 of the Dismissed Plaintiffs paying its own attorneys’ fees and costs associated with the 16 claims of the Dismissed Plaintiffs. (See Dkt. 35 [J.H.]; Dkt. 46 [T.M.J.]; Dkt. 367 17 [P.A.D. and A.C.E.]; Dkt. 380 [V.T.V. and N.L.C.]; Dkt. 473 [A.S.T., S.M.T. and 18 S.D.T.]; Dkt. 481 [K.A.R. and D.R.]; Dkt. 482 [E.L.M. and C.P.]; Dkt. 514 [R.C.R. and 19 T.W.R.].) 20 21 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Bellwether 22 I, II, III, IV, and V and Overlapping Plaintiffs shall have and recover nothing on their 23 claims against Disney. 24 25 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment is entered in favor 26 of Disney and against the Bellwether I, II, III, IV, and V and Overlapping Plaintiffs on 27 the merits. 28 -2-

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