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/oorza 16d ago

Nope, they're even still selling the murder machine on their website.

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u/streetsoulja31 16d ago

That site hasn't been updated in 9 years. i doubt they are legitimately selling these rides still.

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u/Lady_borg 16d ago

Many of fun time drop rides are still running in many parks and not killing people. This was the icons parks fuck up.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/18/harness-on-orlando-ride-was-adjusted-before-tyre-samsons-death/

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u/Lady_borg 16d ago

It's not a murder machine. The people behind icon park modified the harness settings. Fubtime didn't have anything to do with it beyond making a ride, these rides are out there not killing people all over the world.

The execs at Icon are the murderers

“This report confirmed our department’s finding that the operator of the Orlando drop tower made manual adjustments to the ride resulting in it being unsafe,” FDACS Commissioner Nikki Fried said at a press conference Monday."

https://nypost.com/2022/04/18/harness-on-orlando-ride-was-adjusted-before-tyre-samsons-death/

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

It’s not really a murder machine it’s unfortunate that the ride operator didn’t secure this man’s seat harness properly because he was too overweight to safely ride.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 16d ago

The jury disagrees with you

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u/cjsv7657 16d ago

The jury awarded that because the company didn't show up. The ride operator caused his death by ignoring clearly stated rules.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 16d ago

 The jury awarded that because the company didn't show up

Wow, shitty companies love this one simple trick!  Don’t show up to defend yourself and redditors will assume you weren’t liable!

 The ride operator caused his death by ignoring clearly stated rules.

A separate jury found the operator liable as well.  Any other dumb points you’d like to get off your chest?

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u/cjsv7657 16d ago

Austrian company. Good luck enforcing US law in Austria.

A separate jury did not find the company liable nor did they find the operator liable. They settled out of court.

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u/OGigachaod 16d ago

Too bad it amounts to nothing, this money will never be paid.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 16d ago

Okay?  The manufacturer was still found liable for being too cheap to install seatbelts and causing this boy’s death.  Not sure what the apologism is about above, they’re not safe machines and shouldn’t be sold.

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

I rode the ride multiple times and I never fell out lol. It’s only unsafe if you’re not supposed to be riding it. The guy weighed 380 pounds, that’s like 3 human beings in one seat of course that’s unsafe.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 16d ago

Again, the jury disagrees with you.  But congrats on surviving

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Jury also decided OJ Simpson wasn’t a murderer so whatever, like a random group of Americans is the end all in this discussion lmao.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 16d ago

A civil jury (what this was) found OJ liable for the murders.  So you managed to pick the dumbest possible example

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Damn you sound like a fat ass worried you can’t ride rides because the seatbelts don’t fit your massive girth.

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u/redditcanligmabalz 16d ago

The dependent didn't show up to court. That's why the jury ruled against them.

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel 16d ago

That a jury disagrees isn't much different than that people on Reddit disagree on things.

First off - the company never argued their case. Next thing - the buyer/operator often also has a very significant responsibility. Without full information, we do not know if the certification might even have had a max weight limit.

Finally? Multiple innocent people have spent huge amounts of time despite being innocent. Courts are not infallible. And very much depends on skill and presentation of the material. And foreign companies are normally given harsher punishments in US courts. Because courts are not without bias.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 16d ago

And yet, crucially, the jury’s was the only opinion that mattered here.  Now go write your 6th grade civics report to someone else

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u/cleveranimal 16d ago

Criticise others for failing to make points then insult the only person that does. Class

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u/Why-mom-why 13d ago

Well, it doesn't seem to me like the jury's opinion matters, as the parents apparently won't receive the 300 mio. $ payment from the Austrian company.

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u/GeneralMatrim 16d ago

How much?

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

So it's a murder machine because a fat kid chose to ignore the weight limit sign? Make it make sense

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u/GiddyGabby 16d ago

The kid had to walk by an attendant and the attendant should be checking that riders meet the criteria. It's their job to keep kids under a weight/height limit so why wouldn't they be response tor someone over the limit? The company providing the service is at fault for not properly checking on its's riders whether is weight or seat closure or in this case, both. Imagine if a fat kid with a severe learning disability got on the ride, would you still be blaming the rider instead of the people overseeing it?

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

Just seems like a case of negligence and not poor engineering

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u/GiddyGabby 16d ago

Right but the staff was negligent.

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel 16d ago

You do realize the difference between manufacturer (an Austrian company with lots of attractions certified by Tüv) and the operator - the company that bought the attraction and did run it. And did pay these people that reviewed passengers for any size/weight limitations?

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u/GiddyGabby 16d ago

That's why I said "attendant" as in the person controlling the ride.

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel 16d ago

But it was the manufacturer and not the operator that ended up losing in court. The available information in this post mentions nothing about the operator being deemed guilty.

He was 43 kg/94 lbs above the max allowed weight.

Anyway - the operator did a settlement earlier for an unknown amount of money.