disney may have deep pockets-but they are RARELY opened. a book i read a few years back (behind the ears?) researched the cases filed against disney in california and florida and detailed out the results, and with very few exceptions disney won every ruling. they don't settle out of court to avoid lawsuits, they fight them to defend their safety standards and the training of their staff. there were several detailed wherein the person had an underlying medical condition.
that said-dd was injured by a disney employee several years ago (nothing major, scared her more than hurt her) and "the suits" came running and had us fill out an accident report. their risk managment people were very nice and payed everything (for the most part a follow up visit at the pediatrician when we got home-the park medical staff checked her out on site). we did'nt want anything beyond that but they were nice enough to send the entire traveling party 5 day tickets to use at a future date-pretty cool since it happened on the last day of our visit.
i'm sorry for these people-but i would think it would be heartwrenching to have to re-live the tragic events over and over for depositions and the like. i think they will also end up losing money in the long-run, disney also has a practice of going after those whose cases are deemed "meritless" and securing their legal fees.
that said-dd was injured by a disney employee several years ago (nothing major, scared her more than hurt her) and "the suits" came running and had us fill out an accident report. their risk managment people were very nice and payed everything (for the most part a follow up visit at the pediatrician when we got home-the park medical staff checked her out on site). we did'nt want anything beyond that but they were nice enough to send the entire traveling party 5 day tickets to use at a future date-pretty cool since it happened on the last day of our visit.
i'm sorry for these people-but i would think it would be heartwrenching to have to re-live the tragic events over and over for depositions and the like. i think they will also end up losing money in the long-run, disney also has a practice of going after those whose cases are deemed "meritless" and securing their legal fees.