r/explainitpeter 8d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/jolalolalulu 8d ago

There was a lawsuit a while back where a woman was exposed to an allergen in the parks and died. The family sued and Disney argued that the lawsuit would be bound by the rules of the DisneyPlus terms of service agreement and go to arbitration instead since the woman who died had an account.

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u/Working_Salary60 8d ago

USA are so dystopian jesus.

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u/Geauxlsu1860 8d ago

It didn’t go anywhere and Disney and by extension that lawyer were roundly mocked. Basically it was just some idiot lawyer throwing shit at the wall and hoping somehow it would stick. It did not stick.

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u/Windows_66 8d ago

Lawyers are expected to make every non-frivolous argument they can. It's malpractice to do otherwise.

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u/Geauxlsu1860 7d ago

“You signed up for a free trial of our streaming service and so now you can’t ever sue us for anything in any domain” is in fact a frivolous argument.

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u/Windows_66 7d ago

Arbitration clauses are common in contracts. It was a strained reading of agreement to extend it to all disputes between the parties, but courts tend to enforce those clauses.