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It's true: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/14/nx-s1-5074830/disney-wrongful-death-lawsuit-disney
Djeezis... Fucking... Christ...
The guy only asked for $50K after they killed his wife. They're trying all this batshit crazy nonsense to get out of paying $50,000.
That is a painfully low amount for killing someone, even to a layman. I could pay that if I had to, just not all at once.
To aggressively put it into perspective compared to Disney's other costs of doing business, Disney is estimated to spend on average $95K per day on fireworks. Totaling $35M per year, up in smoke. Couldn't be bothered to shell out $50K for killing somebody, though. ¯\(°_o)/¯ Their morals, priorities seem to be a little off.
The idea being that if they pay 50k to this guy, it might get someone else to want 500k... or 5 million... or more. Alternately, "We got the lawyers, may as well use them."
Yeah, avoiding precedent is pretty important for big corporations. Not only might someone else sue for more, but I think a successful lawsuit can make future suits easier to win and might open them up to other damages.