Just saw this in the news.
ORLANDO, Fla. - A well-known Orlando attorney said Thursday that he has been retained by a family who claims a snake bit their 8-year-old son at Disney's Animal Kingdom, causing the boy's grandmother to go into cardiac arrest, which caused her death.
Matt Morgan said the incident occurred in October 2014 at the Walt Disney World theme park.
Morgan said he will file a formal lawsuit against Disney for the injuries sustained by the boy and the wrongful death of the woman. Morgan said the names of the family members are not being released at this time.
According to Morgan, the family claims that the snake escaped at the park and entered an area reserved for the general public. The family said the snake fell from a tree and bit the boy, according to Morgan.
Disney confirmed to News 6 that the boy was bitten by a snake at the park but said it was a wild, nonvenoumous snake, not part of the the park's collection.
Disney said the boy was treated by a park nurse, who put a Band-Aid on his finger, and the family went back into the park to enjoy the rest of their day.
The family said the boy's grandmother witnessed the incident, went into cardiac arrest and died a short time later, according to Morgan.
Disney did not address the woman's death, but a park representative said, "These allegations are an utter mischaracterization of the facts."
Morgan said he will investigate the incident through the court system.
Its terrible about the grandmother, but the snake was not WDW's..
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Gotta be more to the details of this story. Grandma saw the snake bite and died shortly after, but the family went back into the park to enjoy the rest of their day after the boy was treated with a band-aid???
That just doesn't add up. Guess we'll need to wait for the rest of the story.
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I agree something is odd....if my grandmother died I wouldn't be enjoying the rest of my day at the park.
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joonyer;2477791 wrote: Gotta be more to the details of this story. Grandma saw the snake bite and died shortly after, but the family went back into the park to enjoy the rest of their day after the boy was treated with a band-aid???
That just doesn't add up. Guess we'll need to wait for the rest of the story.
I agree. This does not add up. In another article, the park spokesperson also added they had no ambulance call for the grandmother. Very odd. And you know Disney can easily prove that the boy was treated and went back to the park, which does not indicate the grandmother was in distress following the incident. I am sorry that this family had a vacation filled with mishaps and a tragedy, but I would need more to say that Disney was at fault here.
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You can bet if they had their MB's on Disney is aware of their every move after the incident. It's sad that the grandmother died but from what I'm reading there's no correlation between the two.
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Crazy - the grandmother probably already had heart problems. Pretty sad
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You just can't make this stuff up. He needs to know what Disney knew and until he does know what Disney knew he can't tell if Disney should have known there was a problem. :bang:
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I just read this from a local news site.
I can do nothing but shake my head. Apparently the grandmother died the next day from what I understand.
So sorry for their loss.
At the same time, sounds like they just see a money opportunity, which is honestly sickening in my opinion.
It's Florida, lost of snakes. Get over it.
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VWL Mom;2477801 wrote: You can bet if they had their MB's on Disney is aware of their every move after the incident. It's sad that the grandmother died but from what I'm reading there's no correlation between the two.
This is exactly what I was thinking and I mentioned this would come up at some point back a couple of years ago when Magic Bands and Guest tracking were being discussed.
It will interesting to see this play out. Disney has not used their technology to defend a lawsuit yet so there are probably going to be some surprised attorneys as well as guests. If the family continued on with their vacation that day, Disney has tracking data showing where all they went, where they ate, what they bought and what attractions they visited after this incident including the following days. They also have pictures and videos taken throughout the park automatically that they can now search for and find by their Magic Band ID's. The Magic Bands and tracking data are as much about defending frivolous lawsuits as they are introducing new features for guests.
Beyond that though, it is the Southeast and we have snakes everywhere. They were here before us so it is really us invading their space. It would be impossible for Disney to find every single little wild snake, catch it and move it out of the property and then prevent anymore from ever entering. On top of that, it wasn't even poisonous so his life wasn't in danger and also if the Grandmother had a heart attack because a snake fell out of a tree, she obviously had health issues and shouldn't have been at WDW in the first place. It is sad that the lost her though but it isn't Disney's fault.
This is just one of those cases where one of those low life ambulance chasing attorneys sees an opportunity to try to get a settlement out of Disney.
1DisneyNut;2477829 wrote: This is exactly what I was thinking and I mentioned this would come up at some point back a couple of years ago when Magic Bands and Guest tracking were being discussed.
It will interesting to see this play out. Disney has not used their technology to defend a lawsuit yet so there are probably going to be some surprised attorneys as well as guests. If the family continued on with their vacation that day, Disney has tracking data showing where all they went, where they ate, what they bought and what attractions they visited after this incident including the following days. They also have pictures and videos taken throughout the park automatically that they can now search for and find by their Magic Band ID's. The Magic Bands and tracking data are as much about defending frivolous lawsuits as they are introducing new features for guests.
Beyond that though, it is the Southeast and we have snakes everywhere. They were here before us so it is really us invading their space. It would be impossible for Disney to find every single little wild snake, catch it and move it out of the property and then prevent anymore from ever entering. On top of that, it wasn't even poisonous so his life wasn't in danger and also if the Grandmother had a heart attack because a snake fell out of a tree, she obviously had health issues and shouldn't have been at WDW in the first place. It is sad that the lost her though but it isn't Disney's fault.
This is just one of those cases where one of those low life ambulance chasing attorneys sees an opportunity to try to get a settlement out of Disney.
Totally agree... It's on the news here. The personal injury / auto accident attorneys are always advertising on TV. Morgan &Morgan...for the people. Ha!!! I don't think I would use them now if I have a car accident.
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Disney4us2;2477835 wrote: Totally agree... It's on the news here. The personal injury / auto accident attorneys are always advertising on TV. Morgan &Morgan...for the people. Ha!!! I don't think I would use them now if I have a car accident.
If the need was to ever arrive, I would never ever use one of those advertising accident attorneys. They are settlement attorneys and are out to get the quick buck for themselves with an insurance settlement. Instead of working for clients who have legitimate claims, they go for quick easy insurance claims and herd as many through as fast as they can and try to avoid litigation.
1DisneyNut;2477829 wrote: This is exactly what I was thinking and I mentioned this would come up at some point back a couple of years ago when Magic Bands and Guest tracking were being discussed.
It will interesting to see this play out. Disney has not used their technology to defend a lawsuit yet so there are probably going to be some surprised attorneys as well as guests. If the family continued on with their vacation that day, Disney has tracking data showing where all they went, where they ate, what they bought and what attractions they visited after this incident including the following days. They also have pictures and videos taken throughout the park automatically that they can now search for and find by their Magic Band ID's. The Magic Bands and tracking data are as much about defending frivolous lawsuits as they are introducing new features for guests.....
I agree that this is more then likely a frivolous lawsuit but, does anyone else here find it a little disconcerting that they can track you like this? This actually makes me hate the MB's even more.
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goofyskier;2477867 wrote: I agree that this is more then likely a frivolous lawsuit but, does anyone else here find it a little disconcerting that they can track you like this? This actually makes me hate the MB's even more.
It's no different than store rewards cards "tracking" you. Disney only has data on you when you engage in "their" world. They track you via a list of things you did while in property that required scanning a band. Rides, purchases, entering your resort room.
This happens every day when you pay for anything anywhere with a credit card. If necessary, anyone could be "tracked" as to their habits over a specific period of time. Your monthly credit card and bank statement could paint a pretty accurate picture of where you went over the past month. Not shocking.
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BrerGnat;2477870 wrote: It's no different than store rewards cards "tracking" you. Disney only has data on you when you engage in "their" world. They track you via a list of things you did while in property that required scanning a band. Rides, purchases, entering your resort room.
This happens every day when you pay for anything anywhere with a credit card. If necessary, anyone could be "tracked" as to their habits over a specific period of time. Your monthly credit card and bank statement could paint a pretty accurate picture of where you went over the past month. Not shocking.
True but my credit card doesn't tell Walmart I'm walking down the sock aisle. It doesn't say I'm in the bathroom and doesn't track my route to / from the store. The whole idea of tracking at this level is unnerving And honestly seems excessive of true.
I should say I am biased though. I don't like the MB system nor the absurdity of planning a 5 minute ride 90 days before I'm going to ride it.
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