Mother of Tyre Sampson settles with operators of Orlando Free Fall

I was on that side of town for work yesterday and the tower is starting to come down.

Additional steps to hold other companies accountable continue, according to Haggard, who claimed that the ride's manufacturer -- Funtime Handels of Austria -- has tried to "evade responsibility."

why should they be held accountable if it was operator error according to the story?

I think that's a tricky legal question. Recall that the investigation showed that the restraint was adjusted to a tolerance that was too wide to safely restrain the boy. If I'm thinking like a lawyer for the defense, I need a plausible explanation of why it was possible at all to make that adjustment, and why the service manual didn't indicate what the limit should have been. That changes the question from "was it their fault" to "did they make it possible create a condition that resulted in death." I don't know what that legal standard is.

They’re dismantling it already? I have passed by that tower several times to go play mini golf. Thought….one day I should ride it.

I don't believe that thought would ever cross my mind since the incident.

delan:

They’re dismantling it already? I have passed by that tower several times to go play mini golf. Thought….one day I should ride it.

You may get the chance yet. Just not in Orlando.

As someone who is in Orlando occasionally for work, I was waiting for the tower to open to justify a trip to the complex where I could ride both it and the Starflyer in a single visit. Unfortunately, I never made it.

I for one would not be worried to ride it after the accident if given a chance. If it is indeed rebuilt somewhere else I'm sure it would be made perfectly safe and something like this would not be allowed to happen again.

Tommytheduck:

I for one would not be worried to ride it after the accident if given a chance if it is indeed rebuilt somewhere else.

Fixed. Period was in the wrong place.

Jeff:

I think that's a tricky legal question. Recall that the investigation showed that the restraint was adjusted to a tolerance that was too wide to safely restrain the boy. If I'm thinking like a lawyer for the defense, I need a plausible explanation of why it was possible at all to make that adjustment, and why the service manual didn't indicate what the limit should have been. That changes the question from "was it their fault" to "did they make it possible create a condition that resulted in death." I don't know what that legal standard is.

Heh, I imagine it would go just about like that.

Plaintiff's attorneys often over-include in terms of naming defendants. You likely do not know everything at the time you sue so who is legally responsible may not be clear (sometimes who you thought was responsible is only partially responsible (or even not responsible at all) based on discovery process after suit is filed). You can dismiss one or more defendants later if turns out there is no liability/legal culpability. And defendants can move to be dismissed. Can create problems/delays if you need to add another defendant later in the process.

I'm sure it would be made perfectly safe and something like this would not be allowed to happen again.

Are we talking about a drop tower or the banking system?

One can always still ride the Starflyer and The Wheel. (Which is so much fun, and each party gets their own huge car, another great benefit of the pandemic) (Provided it doesn’t catch fire while your up there)

I didn't realize that! I haven't been on it since shortly after it opened and they crammed way too many strangers together in those cabins back then.

We had Legoland passes that were good there in the year or two after it opened. We never had to share a cabin, and probably went a dozen times. Solid aquarium there, too.

Vater:

Fixed. Period was in the wrong place.

Hah! I see what you did there. But we're saying the same thing. I don't doubt for a second that the ride is/was/has always been perfectly safe, illegal modifications aside.

Sez Vater:

I don't believe that thought would ever cross my mind since the incident.

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My bad - I should have clarified. That was before the incident. I haven’t been close by since….hence why I haven’t noticed they were taking it down.