A worker at Walt Disney World is "recovering" after being injured by a 400-lb (180kg) runaway fake boulder prop in an incident that was caught on video, the Florida theme park confirmed.

The incident took place at the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! during a live recreation of a famous scene from the film.

Video shows the boulder rolling towards the audience as a staff member jumps into its path, preventing it from reaching the crowd.

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I really don't like the idea of a out of court settlement.

So, you do some criminal shit but then if you have enough money, and the other side agrees to settle, you get off scott-free? No crime happened? Wtf?

That's an easy way to twist the crime statistics too. So, justice is like playing some board game?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I would agree with you if there was a criminal element to it, but Disney wasn't determined by the police to have done anything criminal, just negligent. So that goes to Civil Court, where it's only about money.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    So, you do some criminal shit but then if you have enough money, and the other side agrees to settle, you get off scott-free? No crime happened? Wtf?

    If it were criminal there would be a prosecutor and the state would be charging Disney. Sounds like it was a civil suit seeking damages - which they got.

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