Originally Posted By Rebekah This topic is for discussion of the 2/14/2003 news item <b><a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/custom/tourism/orl-asecride14021403feb14,0,5856974.story" target="_blank">OrSen: Lawsuit raises questions about Space Mountain</a></b> The February 14th <I>Orlando Sentinel</I> reports an Venezuelan doctor has filed suit against the Disney Company after sustaining head injuries on Walt Disney World's Space Mountain possibly from items falling from another ride vehicle.
Originally Posted By SFH What if this guy was standing on the first level of a mall and someone at a higher level dropped something and it hit him. Should he get money from the mall? What if he was standing in one of our national parks, near a cliff, and someone at the top of the cliff dropped something and it hit him... should he get money from the government? Sometimes, there's nobody tangible to blame, or more precisely, there is an individual to blame (the person who dropped the item). Sometimes, the "big, evil" corporations (which really means all of the shareholders in that corporation) are not to blame. Ken "SFH" Pellman Kenversations[at]flash[dot]net <a href="http://I.Pellman.com" target="_blank">http://I.Pellman.com</a> <===disclaimer More of my opinions: <a href="http://www.flash.net/~kpellman/Blog.htm" target="_blank">http://www.flash.net/~kpellman /Blog.htm</a>
Originally Posted By rasvar This is really one of those issues where Disney would be just better off to settle on. While not their fault, a certain percentage could be attributed by design. Truthfully, finding a judge or jury who would believe that the gentleman tried to stand up might be difficult. Considering the speed, it would seem to be difficult to try to stand. Right or wrong, this is a case that Disney is unlikely to win in court.
