Stroud Productions & Enterprises, Inc. v. BMG Music

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melvin L. Schweitzer, J.), entered October 13, 2011, which, to the extent appealed from, granted defendant Steven Ames Brown’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint as against him, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiffs’ claims for conversion and tortious interference with contract against Brown relating to unpaid producer royalties allegedly due to plaintiffs since 1992 were properly dismissed as time-barred. Plaintiffs may not argue that Brown should be equitably estopped from raising the statute of limitations defense since the…