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Disney gives up on trying to use Disney Plus excuse to settle a wrongful death lawsuit

Disney tried to force the case into arbitration by citing the agreement on the widower’s Disney Plus trial account.

Disney has now agreed that a wrongful death lawsuit should be decided in court following backlash for initially arguing the case belonged in arbitration because the grieving widower had once signed up for a Disney Plus trial.

“With such unique circumstances as the ones in this case, we believe this situation warrants a sensitive approach to expedite a resolution for the family who have experienced such a painful loss,” chairman of Disney experiences Josh D’Amaro said in a statement to The Verge. “As such, we’ve decided to waive our right to arbitration and have the matter proceed in court.”

nobleshift ,
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I will never knowingly hand money to that corporation or their entities ever fucking again.

Got_Bent ,

Disney: Guilty of murdering its resort guests as well as the entire Star Wars franchise.

HulkSmashBurgers ,

Remember that south park episode, The human centi-iPad. Yeah.

HubertManne ,

I was thinking about the simpsons were marge is reading the letter that says by reading it allowed you waive all rights in perpetuity or something.

cordlesslamp ,

I wonder if anyone cancels their Disney+ over this. I know I would if I had it.

TrickDacy ,

I fucking hate Disney.

With such unique circumstances as the ones in this case, we believe this situation warrants a sensitive approach

Yeah if they possessed sensitivity they would’ve never tried this. The only reason they changed their mind is public backlash which would’ve been obvious to foresee.

So they’re myopic and insensitive. Also just cruel. It doesn’t matter in the slightest if they could’ve gotten away with this. It’s straight evil to try it.

Frozengyro ,

They said they decided to waive their right to arbitration. They still think that’s their right, fucking sickening.

TrickDacy ,

I think they put it that way because they want to signal how powerful they are while pretending to be ethical

winterayars ,

I’d say actually the only reason they backed down is because they realized they were going to lose and didn’t want to risk their arbitration clause getting struck down in a court.

MehBlah ,

I wonder how these stupid attempts ever get pass these supposedly smart executives. You have to be pretty stupid to hold someone to a agreement that was over four years before. The idea that you are bound by a contract for a online service after you cancel it is absurd and downright stupid.

winterayars ,

Some kind of legal basilisk where once it sees you, you no longer have any rights ever…

half_fiction ,

I’m just confused how anyone thought this was a good idea to begin with. Surely the strong public backlash could have been easily anticipated.

catloaf ,

Most of the time, nobody notices.

half_fiction ,

Most of the time it’s not as egregious as trying to use a free trial for streaming to force arbitration for wrongful death at an amusement park. I truly can’t imagine any world where this doesn’t blow up because it’s so outrageous.

ironhydroxide ,

The world where the government is for the corporations not the people. We’re getting very nearly there, with legal bribery and corporates being considered “people”.

Sure the people might be outraged, but legally outage doesn’t matter and the corporations have a huge power advantage over a single person.

henfredemars ,

Arbitration is an abomination, abused to quash the rights of regular people who could hardly afford to take a stand against the big guy in the first place.

That a person can sign away their legal rights at all is a miscarriage of justice.

winterayars ,

Yeah that’s basically “slavery is okay if you sign a contract first”. Should be self evidently wrong.

aeronmelon ,

Too. Late.

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