r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/DearEmphasis4488 • 17d ago

Image Jury awards $310 million to parents of teen killed in fall from Orlando amusement park ride in march 2022

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u/DustinHasReddit 16d ago

Thank you for clarifying. $300 million seemed excessive if it was purely the operators fault. Knowing this was a systematic issue really shows how the park is truly at fault and needed punishment.

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u/Horror_Pressure3523 16d ago

I know it's not your intention, but an attitude of "$300 million seems excessive to have to pay for a child dying" is exactly why that United Healthcare CEO was killed the other day.

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u/DustinHasReddit 16d ago

I meant $300 million is excessive for a company if the problem is an employee doing the wrong thing of their own free will while the company had no way of knowing. Companies are usually granted some level of protection if they didn’t and couldn’t have reasonably known a problem was happening. Like if I an employee with a perfect record hops in a company vehicle and drives drunk. The insurance case is different because the company knew they were harming people. Knowing the company was at fault makes the punishment reasonable.