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Saturday, January 8, 2011

Donald Duck groping lawsuit??

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40899647/ns/us_news-life/

The title of this article caught my eye because, obviously, it's a bit outrageous to see while scrolling news articles and at first glance I didn't think it would have any relevance to our class. However after reading I was really surprised by what I found. Especially the claims and the history behind even this one case, I had no idea Disney had this problem at their parks.

I found it interesting that this article ended up having so much relevance to the topics we have been discussing in class. It is an example of a big corporation being sued and it includes an assault (as a tort we just covered)-as well as a past battery at Disney.
There is even a dispute over where the case should be tried/who should really be sued for the incident:
"In court papers, the defense argued that Magolon sued the wrong Disney corporate entity and asked the judge to dismiss the suit or move it to Florida, where the encounter took place. But U.S. District Judge John R. Padova refused, saying Magolon can proceed in Pennsylvania...Disney also has greater resources to try the case in Pennsylvania than Magolon does to try it in Florida, he said."

And as a question to pose: Post-traumatic stress from this incident "in the form of nightmares, digestive problems and other permanent injuries." - What do you think? Is this the emotional equivalent to what a reasonable person's response would be? Or do you think she's trying to exploit Disney for some extra cash?

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