Judge Partially Extends Deadlines In Class Suit Over UMG Destroyed Recordings

Mealey's (April 22, 2020, 11:59 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on April 21 partially agreed to extend deadlines in a class action originally brought by Tom Petty’s widow and others against a music company after master recordings were destroyed in a fire, where Jane Petty remains the only named plaintiff due to limitations on certain discovery due to the novel coronavirus pandemic (Soundgarden, et al. v. UMG Recordings, Inc., No. 19-5449, C.D. Calif.)....