Disney did not copy Moana from man’s story of surfer boy, jury says

Both Moana films were huge hits at the global box office (Disney via AP)

A jury on Monday quickly and completely rejected a man’s claim that Disney’s Moana was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaii.

The Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for around two and a half hours before deciding that the creators of Moana never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall’s outlines and script for Bucky the Surfer Boy.