California Court of Appeal

In a suit brought by the adult children and heirs of songwriter Terry Gilkyson against Disney Enterprises and its music publishing subsidiary Wonderland Music alleging Disney had breached its contractual obligation to pay royalties in connection with the licensing or other disposition of the mechanical reproduction rights to Gilkyson's songs, which appeared in the Jungle Book film, the trial court's dismissal of the suit on statute of limitations grounds is reversed where the court erred in failing to apply the doctrine of continuous accrual, under which a portion of the Gilkyson heirs' contract claim is timely.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/02/22

Judges

• PERLUSS

Court

• California Court of Appeal

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