Litigaton
Jun. 27, 2017
Zootopia lawsuit tentatively dismissed
The plaintiff must provide more evidence of the supposedly infringed work, a judge ruled.
A screenwriter claiming Walt Disney Company stole his idea for a film that became a box office hit must now produce evidence of his allegedly stolen script after a superior court judge tentatively dismissed the case Monday in the hope of forcing the plaintiff to produce his work.
Gary L. Goldman, a Hollywood writer who previously worked with Disney on other projects, claimed to have pitched to Disney a story that later became the m...
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