hursday, April 15, 2010 at 03:23 PM
Walt Disney World was taken to court this week as a result of a personal injury trial that contests the safety of one of the Disney's Hollywood Studios' most popular attractions, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.
An 80-year-old Pennsylvania man, Marvin Cohen, sued the company in an Orange County court, claiming that he suffering a stroke about 12 years ago after taking a ride on the thrill ride drop tower, the Sarasota Herald Tribune reports.
Cohen's personal injury attorneys will attempt to show that their client was physically active prior to his March 1998 ride on the Tower of Terror, which they claim contributed to the artery tear causing a stroke a few weeks later.
Notably, the lawyers are not claiming that a malfunction occurred in the ride, only that the functional ride itself is dangerous.
"This case is about the placement of show or entertainment over safety," Cohen's lead attorney, Barry Novack, told the jurors during opening arguments on Wednesday, April 14.
At least 26 of the cases against Florida theme parks last year claimed that properly functioning rides caused injuries - though most of them were settled or dismissed.
One of Disney's taglines for the attraction named in Cohen's lawsuit had been, "The tower is in control."
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