Well, it has now been just over two years since my last
entry on The Legal Roller Coaster. Much
has happened since then, and I’ll tell you about a lot of it very soon, but
suffice it to say that it has never been my intention that The Legal Roller
Coaster would be shelved permanently. A
brief (or not so brief, depending on your perspective) hiatus was, however,
required. Nonetheless, I’m pleased to
say that I’m back and that there will be some changes (for the better) coming
soon. But in the meantime, a new
long-awaited decision has been issued that makes now the best time in two years
to return to the blogosphere.
In mid-August, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
issued its ruling in A.L. v. Walt Disney
Parks and Resorts US, Inc.. A copy
of the decision can be found here
in case you are interested in reading it.
I wrote about this case before on a number of occasions (and I encourage
you to read at least this
piece before you read the rest of this one as it contains a much more
fulsome explanation of the lower court ruling than I’m going to provide here),
and I’ve been waiting for quite some time for the Court of Appeals’
ruling. And now, having read it, I
regret that I’m not sure its much help to the industry. Why? Let’s
get into it.