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Disney Does an About-Face on Florida Lawsuit Over Patron’s Death

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“It didn’t just occur to them in some epiphany that this was a nice family until after the public became horrified by their initial strategy,” said one attorney who was not connected to the Disney litigation.

August 20, 2024 at 05:56 PM

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Lisa Willis

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What You Need to Know

  • A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed in Orange County Circuit Court in February against Disney and the group that owns the Disney Springs restaurant where a New York City doctor dined and succumbed to a food allergy.
  • The lawsuit received new attention when the plaintiff filed a response on Oct. 2, opposing Walt Disney Park’s motion to compel arbitration and stay the case.
  • Disney withdrew the motion in a reversal of its initial litigation strategy.

Less than a week after taking a hard stance on arbitrating a Florida lawsuit, Disney has done an about-face and abandoned its initial litigation strategy.

News of Disney’s legal strategy went viral after the corporation called on the fine-print defense they said obligated the plaintiff to arbitration instead of the chance for a jury to decide the outcome of a case filed by the widower of a doctor who died after allegedly eating at a theme park restaurant in October.

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