The animation studios may want to see the consolidated class action against them — alleging anti-poaching and wage-fixing deals — thrown out of court, but the digital-artist plaintiffs say that’s not gonna happen.
“Each of Plaintiffs’ federal and state causes of action is timely,” according to the response from David Wentworth, Robert Nitsch Jr. and Georgia Cano to Disney, Sony, DreamWorks Animation and other studios’ motion to dismiss.
In their motion of January 9, the ‘toon companies cited the 4-year statute of limitations in such matters.They claimed that because the issue has been known since 2009 (when a Department of Justice investigation into similar dealings by high tech companies was first reported) and the first lawsuit was filed on September 8 last year by former DWA visual effects artist Nitsch, math proves their point.
That’s bad math claim Wentworth, Nitsch and Cano. Correspondingly, they want the motion to dismiss effectively dismissed.
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