Several “incidents” have occurred over the years at Walt Disney theme parks.
The term “incident” refers to major accidents, injuries, deaths or significant crimes.
Disney does a pretty good job at keeping most of these incidents a secret.
Disney is the target of many lawsuits because of its large size and tremendous wealth.
Over the past 40 years, more than 1,500 lawsuits have been filed against Disney theme parks.
At any given time, Disney is juggling at least 100 active cases.
According to Orange County Superior Court records, less than a fourth of all resolved cases made it to trial, and the park has won over 80% of them.
An individual has about a 4% chance of making it to court and winning.
In the last 10 years only a handful of cases have gone to trial; however, some notable cases have made headlines and were awarded a huge payout.
The largest settlement following an attraction accident was granted to a 28-year old former employee. In 1980, Denise Guerrero was working the Space Mountain loading dock, checking safety bars. In pushing one bar down, she became entangled as the ride left the loading dock. She was dragged 25 feet and received severe bruises, cuts, a broken pelvis and ankle, in addition to injuring her back. Disneyland agreed to pay out $154,000 in cash plus $240,000 in a tax-free annuity program for the rest of her life.