I hate frivolous lawsuits, having been the recipient of one that severely damaged our lives for a time. This is so far removed from that itâs ludicrous.
Disney should be ashamed. I hope he adds damages to the suit, because this is undue stress they are causing him, based on a death they caused.
Itâs certainly a novel approach, I guess.
While Iâm not a fan of the lawyering there, I cut Disney a bit of slack.
The wrongful death occurred while eating at a restaurant on Disney property (Raglan Road, in Disney Springs), but the establishment itself is not owned by Disney at all. Obviously, though, the Mouse has much deeper pockets than âGreat Irish Pubs Floridaâ, the Irish company that owns the restaurant.
At first I read that as you calling the lawsuit frivolous where Disney is the one being sued. Confused me.
While true, Disney is clearly taking responsibility as itâs on their property, and one can reserve tables through the Disney apps and website.
They are just being extremely callous and ludicrous with the Disney+ tie in.
Not to mention, the employees are considered third party Disney cast members.
Was unaware that the staff were considered cast.
But yeah, 100% agree that itâs callous.
WOW. This kinda reminds me of some aspects of the McDonalds âcoffee burnsâ lawsuit.
Like the coffee suit (which the plaintiff originally tried to only get medical costs of less than 20k) this lawsuit isnât for much money considering its based on a DEATH. The suit is for just $50K damages. Seems way low.
Also, its based on a 30 day âtrialâ of their streaming service way back in 2019 that he apparenlty cancelled. They are bloody nuts if they think those terms somehow force his hand in something totally unrelated to their streaming service. Itâs asinine IMHO and imagine it will cost them more
in legal fees when they ultimately lose this. And they very well might lose thisâŠand probably after spending more than $50k on their own lawyers.
Interesting though that they also bring up the park tickets agreementâŠwas the restaurant in the park? If so, maybe that does get him to arbitration?
Either wayâŠthey shoulda settled right out of the gate.
Itâs on Disney property at Disney Springs, which is their Downtown Disney district with shops, entertainment and restaurants. One doesnât buy a ticket to go eat or shop, so I donât see how it can be considered part of the park experience.
They donât have much legal legs to stand on with this one. Theyâre trying to save money through arbitration, which likely wonât work and will cost them more than if they just settled, as you pointed out.
I have a friend of a friend who runs the place. Iâm not familiar enough to ask him about this, and he likely couldnât speak to it anyway.
Story: I have a friend who is a police officer in Las Vegas. He used to be a cop in Orlando. Some time back in the 90âs a construction worker or contractor died on the grounds at around 6:30 in the morning. I donât know if he was electrocuted or fell. The Operations manager on duty told two of the kids that worked there to drag the body behind a nearby strand of bushes. My friend was one of the cops that responded to the scene. They told the OM that he might have committed a felony by moving the body. In my friendâs recollection his exact words were: âI donât care! Go ahead and charge me and execute me if you want! People donât die at Disneyland!â
Disney rolls to their own code.
I think I saw that during Season 3 of The Wire.
Iâve never watched the show but this was something that happened in the 90âs. I know a guy that grew up working at disneyland snd he told me stories that were even funnier. There was a shootout on disney property in the 90âs too. According to this guy (who wore a costume) the disney security apprehended the kids that were shooting and the head of security drove them to their houses and watched as their parents beat the shâ out of them. He let them keep their guns too.
This is the same guy that broke my heart by telling me that famous roller coaster was actually tiny when the lights were turned on. I never believed him until I saw it on facebook.
He also told me the underground tunnels were famous for love-making and all had nicknames like âthe sweat shopâ, âboogie feverâ, and âthe fronton.â
Iâve also heard that about the NASA tunnels tooâŠwithout the nicknames.
Walt must be turning over in his grave seeing what became of is company.
Disney lawyers pull heads out of their arsesâŠ