Auwood v. Harry Brandt Booking Office, Inc.

RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS

DORSEY, District Judge.

Issue

Defendant Groton Cinema I & II, Inc., joined by defendants United Artists Corp. and Paramount Pictures Corp., have moved for a court trial as to the claims against them. Where plaintiffs’ original complaint is accompanied by a general jury demand, timely under Fed.R.Civ.P. 38(b), plaintiffs’ failure to reassert or restate the jury demand in subsequent amended complaints which add new defendants without affecting the basic character of the litigation does not constitute a waiver of the right of trial by jury as to the subsequently added…