I bet they settle out of court.

Southern_Belle wrote:

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I bet they settle out of court.

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 Places like Disney do not settle because it would only encourage more lawsuits.

I don't think Dinsey is responsible for controlling all animals in an outdoor area, even if it is on their property. That's ridiculous.
No one can stop wild animals from going where they want.
Also, people in their nineties have heart attacks and die. It's normal.

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The park could say that grandma was in her 90s and the physical exertion of the park visit was too much and that caused the heart attack.

I've had a snake fall on me. It'll freak you out.

And I was going into a school at the time.

Snakes get in strange places.

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 Yep.  Sounds like Grandma shouldn't have gone to Disney.

Its Ducking Florida people. We have snakes. We have poisonous snakes. We have snakes in our schools yards, parks and backyards.
If you don't want to see a snake, then do not go outside in FL.

I'm struggling with causation...foreseeable? A bit of a stretch, to me. And there's the whole negligence issue. Are they under a duty to keep things from falling from the sky that are beyond their control?

Having a snake fall down on you would be unnerving, to be sure. Should Disney have known it was up there? I don't think so. Now if they had actually known, then yes, there's a duty to remove and protect their patrons.

Then there's duty to mitigate. Grandma started having trouble breathing so, instead of seeking medical attention by Disney medical staff, they leave? They took her to the hospital, but when? She died two days later, not immediately. What transpired in those two days?

Lots of holes in this case.

Do animals roam wild at Animal Kingdom? I have never been. The parks I have been to, snakes are kept in glass houses, where they can be watched and admired without being in contact with patrons. I don't think I've been to a park where snakes are viewed in their natural habitat. Although I have been to simulated "rain forests" where frogs and snakes are not behind glass. In those, I do not recall tree branches extending pathways with snakes dangling overhead.

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Do animals roam wild at Animal Kingdom? I have never been. The parks I have been to, snakes are kept in glass houses, where they can be watched and admired without being in contact with patrons. I don't think I've been to a park where snakes are viewed in their natural habitat. Although I have been to simulated "rain forests" where frogs and snakes are not behind glass. In those, I do not recall tree branches extending pathways with snakes dangling overhead.

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 It doesn't even need to be an "Animal Kingdom" though.  If you have trees or grass you have enough natural habitat for all types of critters, to include spiders, bugs, lizards, rodentia (funny side note, Disney parks have huge colonies of semi-feral cats that roam the parks at night naturally taking care of the rodents that are drawn to the plethora of food crumbs and wrappings the very lazy/selfish tourists leave behind in their wake) and these animals natural predators. 

There are snakes in your local parks, there are snakes in your local business districts.  You just rarely see them. 

To expect ANY business to be able to control every bit of the outside of their business is just not possible.  

Remind me not to visit Animal Kingdom. J/K

I agree they cannot be held responsible for wild critters. My point was that if someone told an employee, "Hey, look, there's a snake overhead dangling from that branch over the people waiting in line to ride the rapids," and the employee did nothing about it, then there might be some liability.

On another note, I am glad I read this. We are going to Nemacolin for Spring Break where they have wildlife adventures. You better believe I'll be looking up....

Ilumine wrote:

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FNW wrote:

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Do animals roam wild at Animal Kingdom? I have never been. The parks I have been to, snakes are kept in glass houses, where they can be watched and admired without being in contact with patrons. I don't think I've been to a park where snakes are viewed in their natural habitat. Although I have been to simulated "rain forests" where frogs and snakes are not behind glass. In those, I do not recall tree branches extending pathways with snakes dangling overhead.

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 It doesn't even need to be an "Animal Kingdom" though.  If you have trees or grass you have enough natural habitat for all types of critters, to include spiders, bugs, lizards, rodentia (funny side note, Disney parks have huge colonies of semi-feral cats that roam the parks at night naturally taking care of the rodents that are drawn to the plethora of food crumbs and wrappings the very lazy/selfish tourists leave behind in their wake) and these animals natural predators. 

There are snakes in your local parks, there are snakes in your local business districts.  You just rarely see them. 

To expect ANY business to be able to control every bit of the outside of their business is just not possible.  

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 They also have pea****s and peahens.

Large, not friendly but beautiful pea****s and peahens.

They won't arbitrarily attack but don't tease or get too close.

And they are protected there.

So you have to yield to them.

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Southern_Belle wrote:

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I bet they settle out of court.

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 Places like Disney do not settle because it would only encourage more lawsuits.

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 Michael Jackson settling out of court is proof of this.

when we were in FL eating at an outside patio at this local place one of the many little geckos running rampant was on a half wall. It was strolling around back and forth.....and leaped over onto DD's hair in her twisting bun thing, she was 12 and was not aware until her brothers pointed it out. to her credit there was NO noise but lots of pulling of hair and flailing of arms We were the only ones out there other than an older couple quite a ways off from us, they watched DD with smiles and then DD10 commented, you should see her move when she steps on frogs in our garden~

looking back it was hilarious. DD never would sit with her back to that wall again. and then when they were swimming in the salt water pool and the geckos flopped it, I told them it was like swimming with the dolphins LOL. DD12 was not amused

There is no way these people will win this. Sad fact is 90 year old people sometimes die. Another sad fact is that snakes that are native to an area sometimes bite people.

What was a 90 year old doing tromping around a Disney Park in the first place? That, by itself, has "Heart Attack" written all over it.