Hot Off The Press !

[DVCDAVE]

This on the Dow Jones NEws Service this afternoon;


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07/31 10:38A (DJ) DJ Utah Couple Sues Disneyland Over Roller Coaster Accident
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LOS ANGELES (AP)--A Utah couple who said they were among nine people injured
on a Disneyland roller coaster last year have sued the California amusement
park, claiming it tried to conceal the accident's seriousness from
investigators.
Jonathan and Julie Woodcock's lawsuit, filed Monday in Los Angeles County
Superior Court, accuses the amusement park of negligence and infliction of
emotional distress. It seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages.
A spokesman for the Walt Disney Co. (DIS) didn't immediately return phone
calls placed Monday evening. However, spokesman Ray Gomez told The Orange
County Register that Disneyland employees acted appropriately.
"Any emergency involving illness or injury to guest or cast members, our
first priority is to get medical help to the scene as quickly as possible,"
Gomez said.
Attorney Ryan Saba of Beverly Hills said the couple were at Disneyland on
July 31, 2000, to celebrate Julie Woodcock's 40th birthday when they were
injured on the Space Mountain roller coaster ride.
The accident happened when a wheel assembly broke on one of the cars,
causing it to derail. Nine people suffered various neck and back injuries and
passengers were suspended on a track 40 feet in the air for up to 45 minutes
before being rescued, the lawsuit said.

 

[Sarangel]

Will someone please tell me why people feel the need to sue when an accident occurs? Yes, we'd all like things like this not to occur, but I don't understand why people aren't willing to settle for having the company pay for medical bills & loss of use (however temporary). Insurance companies have charts that cover all of this...


Sarangel

 

[hopemax]

This is pure speculation on my part, but since these people didn't file for a year after the accident, maybe they filed a lawsuit because they did not think that Disney was fair in their settlement offering? I would think if they were just out for a quick buck there would have been something filed before now when the press was scurrying around looking for dirt.

 

[gary]

Deep Pockets!

 

[Dznefreek]

Very few people are successful at suing Disney.

Read the book "Mouse Tales" section titled "Law Suit Land"