Walt Disney World lawsuit dismissed

trr1

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Disney Segway lawsuit dismissed
By Leah Zanolla
Oct 8, 2009

Disney finally has an answer in the Segway lawsuit that they've been dealing with since late 2007. In November 2007, Disney was sued by three people after they were banned from used their Segways at Walt Disney World. The guests were using the Segways instead of wheelchairs or motorized scooters, claiming it was easier for them to stand up.

The lawsuit had been temporarily settled in December when Disney agreed to provide 15 electric stand-up vehicles for use in their parks. These vehicles would have let users stand, but would be the same dimensions as a wheelchair.

It turns out they're not needed anymore. U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell decided this week to dismiss the lawsuit and the proposed settlement. Presnell said that the plaintiffs did not prove the Segways were necessary to visit the theme parks. In his ruling, he also said, “Although some individuals may, with good reason, not want to use those devices and instead prefer to use a Segway, that preference -- standing alone -- is not essential to accessing Disney’s parks.â€
 
WishIwasThere

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janoimagine said:
^ exactly ... that is a big problem in the world today.
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No...only in America. A co-worker of mine in Vienna nailed it a couple years ago. He said, 'In the US, if you trip or fall, you look for witnesses for a lawsuit. In Europe, if you trip or fall, you look around to make sure no one saw, (out of embarasment).'

According to the Bureau of Labor, there are more lawyers in the US than mechanical engineers. Goes back to that old joke about 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean.:drevil:
 
rkelly42

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What a joke of a lawsuit, those people should be ashamed and so should their families for just knowing them. Like there isnt enough problems today, and to have to deal with people like that because they want to use a segway give me a break. What would happen to the first one of them who fell of the segway after Disney let them use it for that purpose, they would sue them again, a never ending cycle of stupidity.:brick:
 
Tom

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WishIwasThere said:
No...only in America. A co-worker of mine in Vienna nailed it a couple years ago. He said, 'In the US, if you trip or fall, you look for witnesses for a lawsuit. In Europe, if you trip or fall, you look around to make sure no one saw, (out of embarasment).
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Your co-worker is dead on. It's so sad and pathetic here. It's never your own fault for being an idiot. There is ALWAYS someone else to blame and receive compensation from.

Or judicial system (and most of the people who use it) is/are terrible.
 
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I wonder if they are referring to the vehicle that the Segway guy was working on that allowed a wheelchair in which the person could stand? Perhaps they saw it as a good place to get them known, to sell.

The parks aren't really built for a segway and I would think there are a few places people could get into some trouble with one if they didn't know how to work it properly. One example is the floor ends at the Living with the Land ride canal with no barrier, just outside the elevator. One wrong move and you could be in the drink and possibly killed by one of the boats. So, not sure why they'd want to risk further lawsuits that would have meaning, versus one that wouldn't.
 
MysticOrient

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WishIwasThere said:
No...only in America. A co-worker of mine in Vienna nailed it a couple years ago. He said, 'In the US, if you trip or fall, you look for witnesses for a lawsuit. In Europe, if you trip or fall, you look around to make sure no one saw, (out of embarasment).'

According to the Bureau of Labor, there are more lawyers in the US than mechanical engineers. Goes back to that old joke about 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean.:drevil:
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So are you suggesting, then, that all those lawsuits by law-abiding Americans against McDonalds' coffee being too hot isn't valid??? :hammer: :p
 
SoccerMickey

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I thought it was a foolish lawsuit but segways have been on display at Disney for quite a few years now. I'm surprised they haven't taken off in popularity like I thought they were going to.
 
danlb_2000

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MysticOrient said:
So are you suggesting, then, that all those lawsuits by law-abiding Americans against McDonalds' coffee being too hot isn't valid??? :hammer: :p
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I agree that there are far to many frivolous lawsuits in the US, but it's a shame that the McDonald's Coffee one has become a "poster child" for this. Over time the facts of this case have become distored in the public's mind, but if you read the details of the case it's obvious that McDonalds knew they were serving a dangerous producted, had settled with numerous other people who had been injured by it, but still refused to make the product safer. You can read details here:

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm

As to the Segways, I can see this as being frivolous, but on the other hand could this be a case of the law/Disney policy not keeping up with technology? Did Disney openly accept motorized scooters when they first got popular; "why do you need a scooter we already provide wheel chairs?" Don't know the answer to this, just trying to provide another point of view.
 

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