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Friday, September 16, 2011

Contrary To Media Reports, Video Of Dawn Brancheau's Death Is Not About To Go Public (UPDATED 9/20/11)

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Yesterday (9/15/11), Judge Gregory Presnell of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando denied a preli...
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Friday, September 9, 2011

So You Think A Deaf Person Can't Be A Lifeguard? You Might Be Right...Or Wrong.

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We spend a lot of time in this industry talking about the ADA when it comes to guests.   The recent death of Sgt. James Hackemer atDarien L...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

"Cause" for Alarm: 3 Ways To Reduce The Chance Of A Public Interest Lawsuit

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Two news items that, on the surface at least, do not seem to have much in common caught my eye this week.  First, USA Today reported that Ce...
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Friday, August 19, 2011

Are California Courts Already Signaling Doubt About The Future Of The Nalwa Decision?

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On Tuesday (8/16/11), the United States District Court for the Southern District of California issued an interesting decision in Wallace v. ...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Curing The Crisis Of Credibility And Kicking The "Carnie" Connotation

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 A few days ago, my friend and former colleague, Matt Heller, posted some interesting and spot-on thoughts on professionalism on his excelle...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Why Our Founding Fathers Would Have Been Against Federal Amusement Ride Regulation (Had They Known What Amusement Rides Were)

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This morning, upon returning to my office from a few days off to visit with long-lost friends at my twenty-year high school reunion, I came...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Similar Cases, Dissimilar Outcomes: How Politics Shapes A State Amusement Ride Investigation

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This week we learned of two state sanctions related to two high-profile amusement ride fatalities this summer:   the death of three year old...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

What The Mother Of A Two Year Old Can Teach Us About Avoiding Litigation

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Yesterday, a Pennsylvania television station ran a story about Isabella Prescott, a 2-year old little girl with Downs Syndrome that was ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A Look At Lawful Discrimination Under The ADA In Light Of The Darien Lake Tragedy

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The news this week in the amusement industry was dominated by the tragic death of Iraq War Vet Sgt. James Hackemer after being ejected from ...
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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Why Prove Your Case When You Don't Need To? How The Court In the Disney Class Action Was The Plaintiffs' Best Lawyer

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Yesterday, I looked at a potentially huge (and overlooked) win for Disney in the recent California Class Action decision in Shields v. Walt ...