A jury has ordered a company to pay million to the family of a Missouri teenager who died after falling from a Florida amusement park ride.Tyre Sampson, 14, was killd after falling to his d*ath off a freefall tower drop ride at Orlando’s ICON Park. The ride has shut down since Sampson’s d*ath.
A jury in Orange County, Florida, ruled in a civil trial that Funtime Handels, a foreign company associated with the ride, must pay million in damages to Sampson’s family, Nexstar’s WFLA reported.
This verdict is a step forward in holding corporations accountable for the safety of their products.
The ride’s manufacturers neglected their duty to protect passengers, and today’s outcome ensures they face the consequences of those decisions.
We hope this case serves as a wake-up call for the entire industry to implement stricter safety measures and oversight to prevent such tragedies from happening again. Tyre’s legacy will be a safer future for riders everywhere.”