After massive public outcry, Disney stops attempt to kill lawsuit after killing restaurant guest

Actually it didn’t say that at all, it confirmed they were the landlord, and further that the attempt to bring them into the lawsuit stemmed from them happening to host a copy of the menu on their website (which Disney does for all disney springs restaurants, including chains like Rainforest Cafe and Ghirardelli’s, neither of which it owns either) and that the reason Disney asserted the arbitration requirement was specifically because they mentioned using Disney’s website to look at the menu (the website being a Disney-owned “service”)

As I said in my original post:

Correct, this is on Disney property but not owned or managed by Disney. An outdoor mall is a good analogy here.

Which is literally the analogy mentioned in the video.

As is usually the case, I now further predict that the little guys are going to be the ones screwed over her by this, because now every website that’s ever hosted a copy of a menu that someone could concievably have read an “allergen-friendly” note on is now potentially liable if this becomes precident - while Disney iteself will walk away from this.

I’m a bit torn on Raglan road itself though. While it’s a great restaurant that may well cease to exist from this action, but at the same time - they literally killed someone, that’s got to have consequences. And even if it doesn’t cease to exist this is going to cause even more restaurants to never assert their food is allergen-friendly going forward, making it even harder for those with dietary concerns to actually find anywhere to eat. :frowning:

Science needs to hurry up and figure out how to deal with autoimmune diseases already.

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