Bill Nye Headed To Trial Against Disney

A Los Angeles Superior Court entered an order that sets up the trial, now scheduled for May 2020. In Nye's fourth amended complaint, he estimates $28 million in damages from the way that Disney allegedly shortchanged him on profits from his 1990s television show.

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The saga between Bill Nye The Science Guy and Disney continues to live on - where the date for the trial is been scheduled now and he is even allowed to limited claims against The Walt Disney Company on trial.

According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, on Wednesday, a Los Angeles Superior Court entered an order that sets up the trial, now scheduled for May 2020. In Nye's fourth amended complaint, he estimates $28 million in damages from the way that Disney allegedly shortchanged him on profits from his 1990s television show. He's also seeking punitive damages arising from how Disney has "a long and consistent pattern of under-reporting revenue and improperly applying deductions."

L.A Superior Court Judge Dalila Lyons has granted summary judgment to Disney with respect to participation statements issued before January 8, 2011. Although the order lacks detail, that's exactly three years before Nye formally requested an audit. Due to a purported backlog of audits, Disney told Nye he'd have to wait in line for three or four years before the audit began. Nye will move forward on the more recent participation statements — and the judge also rejects Disney's bid to rule out punitive damages.

Disney does manage to score other wins, however, including escaping the claim that it breached any fiduciary duty towards Nye.  A ten-day trial is currently estimated, though, given the latest ruling, that could be adjusted.

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