{"id":14639,"date":"2023-01-23T16:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/?post_type=case_results&#038;p=14639"},"modified":"2023-01-23T16:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T16:32:06","slug":"confidential-settlement-involving-disneylands-big-thunder-mountain","status":"publish","type":"case_results","link":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/case_results\/confidential-settlement-involving-disneylands-big-thunder-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidential Settlement Involving Disneyland&#8217;s Big Thunder Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2003 \u2013 DISNEYLAND\u2019S BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN<\/p>\n<p>Just five years after the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/case_results\/confidential-settlement-involving-disneylands-columbia\/\">Columbia Incident<\/a>,\u201d Aitken Aitken Cohn handled the wrongful death suit of 22-year-old Marcelo Torres.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Thunder Mountain locomotive landed on top of Marcelo\u2019s passenger car, crushing his chest and ultimately causing his death due to an improperly tightened and unsecured guide wheel.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the regulations set in place by Aitken Aitken Cohn\u2019s efforts following the Columbia Boat Incident, the State was able to determine that a safety wire was not properly installed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULT:<\/strong> The case settled three days before trial for a confidential amount (estimated to be in the millions).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","case_type":[882,877],"class_list":["post-14639","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\/14639","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=14639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"case_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aitkenlaw.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case_type?post=14639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}