1998 \u2013 DISNEYLAND\u2019S COLUMBIA<\/p>\n
Aitken Aitken Cohn represented the grieving family of a 34-year-old man who was killed on Christmas Eve in front of his wife and children as they waited to board Disneyland\u2019s \u201cColumbia\u201d Sailing Ship.<\/p>\n
On that fateful evening, a defective cleat broke loose and struck both the man and his wife, killing him and horribly disfiguring her face.<\/p>\n
This case, nationally referred to as the “Columbia Boat Incident,” sparked national debate on the safety of theme parks and brought about several theme park regulations into California law.<\/p>\n
It took Anaheim police over 4 hours to arrive at the scene that Disneyland had already cleared and cleaned. This led to harsh public criticism of accident procedures at Disney.<\/p>\n
As a result, Disney undertook radical safety enhancements, and Anaheim police and paramedics are now stationed in the park to increase emergency response times. Theme park safety laws were also passed.<\/p>\n
RESULT:<\/strong> The final settlement amount is confidential, but The Los Angeles Times<\/em> estimates the case settled for $25,000,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","case_type":[882,877],"class_list":["post-14638","case_results","type-case_results","status-publish","hentry","case_type-personal-injury","case_type-wrongful-death"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_results\/14638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_results"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case_results"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"case_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_type?post=14638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}