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News: Disneyland challenges safety ruling

By Aaron

Apr. 8th, 2005 -- Disneyland is seeking to overturn a ruling by a California appeals court that it says would hold amusement park rides to higher-then-needed standards. The ruling stems from a tourist who was killed by a brain hemorrhage after riding Disneyland's Indiana Jones ride. The matter is now before the state's Supreme Court.

A ruling in favor of the victim's family would hold ride operators to the same standards as transport operators. State law requires that carriers "use the utmost care and diligence". Currently, the state asks ride operators to use "reasonable" care.

Six Flags has sided with Disney. In papers filed with the court, Six Flags states that the higher standards, initially passed in 1872, were designed to protect people from what was considered experimental transportation technology.

See The Orlando Sentinel for more.