WALT DISNEY WORLD CO. v. BEATTIE

No. 81-1199.

428 So.2d 693 (1983)

WALT DISNEY WORLD CO., Appellant, v. John R. BEATTIE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

As Clarified on Denial of Rehearing March 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. O'Donnell, Jr., and John H. Ward of DeWolfe, Ward & Morris, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

Gary E. Doane of Whitaker & Koepke, Chartered, Orlando, for appellee.


ORFINGER, Chief Judge.

Defendant, Walt Disney World Company (Disney), appeals from a final judgment following a jury verdict for plaintiff in a personal injury suit. We affirm.

Plaintiff and several of his teenage friends were patrons of Disney's River Country on August 16, 1979. River Country is a water oriented amusement area in Walt Disney World. The young men arrived there at about 6:00 in the afternoon. After swimming for awhile in a designated area,...

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