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Disney is attacking a lawsuit filed by the spouse and children of a journey agent who died from an alleged tumble at a Disney Planet resort in 2020.
The concept park enterprise details to the particulars missing in the lawsuit — together with how Jessica Straub died and wherever the alleged incident took put at Disney World’s Caribbean Beach Vacation resort — as Disney lately submitted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit formerly submitted in June in Orange Circuit Court. Choose Vincent Chiu has not responded to Disney’s motion nevertheless, according to courtroom documents.
Straub, 43, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, died Dec. 22, 2020, from blunt head trauma following falling at a standing peak, according to details introduced before by the District 9 Professional medical Examiner’s Office in reaction to a Florida Politics ask for. The medical examiner’s office environment dominated her loss of life an incident.
4 times prior to her death, she experienced frequented Disney World’s Caribbean Seaside Vacation resort, her lawsuit stated. The lawsuit doesn’t give a timeline for gatherings leading up to her dying or say how the fall took place other than Straub “suffered bodily injury” and seasoned “blunt power trauma to the head” as very well as sooner or later death.
The lawsuit accused Disney workers of staying negligent and the vacation resort of having unsafe disorders.
Disney pounced on the omission of specifics in its motion to dismiss the match and stated the lawsuit experienced been improperly submitted.
“Even just after a complete thought of all 6 internet pages of the Grievance, the reader is remaining pondering what allegedly happened to Ms. Straub and how it was supposedly Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ fault,” Disney said in court documents submitted July 19.
Disney, contacting it “vague and scattershot,” stated the lawsuit was “little far more than a assortment of legal conclusions and jurisdictional allegations.”
“Noticeably absent are: any description or allegation explaining what or whom allegedly inflicted the ‘bodily injury’ on Ms. Straub what the particular nature of the ‘bodily injury’ was exactly where in the about 200 acres that comprise Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ Caribbean Seaside Vacation resort the injuries allegedly occurred or when in the four-day time-interval referenced in the Complaint Ms. Straub’s personal injury occurred,” Disney explained in the motion. “The absence of this sort of specifics will make it … unachievable for (Disney) to decipher how Plaintiff statements it is liable and mandates the dismissal of the Complaint.”
The lawsuit was filed by Justin Morrison on behalf of Straub’s estate. Morrison was mentioned as Straub’s cousin in her obituary.
Disney questioned for documents to show Morrison was in point the private agent of Straub’s estate.
Morgan & Morgan, the legislation company dealing with the lawsuit, did not quickly reply to a request for remark.
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The adults-only Little Palm Resort & Spa on Little Torch Key in the Florida Keys was named one of the best 100 hotels in the world by Travel + Leisure.
Two South Florida hotels are among the best hotels in the world, according to a popular travel website.
Travel + Leisure just released its 100 Best Hotels in the World list, and hotels in Miami Beach and on Little Torch Key in the Florida Keys made the cut, as well as one hotel in Palm Beach.
At No. 81 on the list, Nobu Hotel Miami Beach, designed to mimic a Japanese beach house, was praised for its luxuries. Travel + Leisure writes: “The list of world-class amenities at this David Rockwell-designed beachfront hotel is impressively long: exceptional epicurean delights, a beautiful 22,000-square-foot spa, three pools, a private marina, and luxurious penthouse-level villas.”
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa on Little Torch Key was No. 94 on the list. The adults-only resort, on a private island in the Florida Keys, “is accessible only by boat or seaplane. The 30 water-view bungalows have no TVs, encouraging tropical revelry of a more laid-back nature (think kayaking and snorkeling).”
The resort also made Condé Nast Traveler’s 2021 Hot List for its “fresh take on tropical chic.”
The only other hotel in Florida to make the Best 100 list is the White Elephant Palm Beach (No. 19), a sister property to the original resort in Nantucket. Travel + Leisure writes that the team has “added youthful energy to the destination when it opened its 32 tropical-inspired rooms in November 2020. Its restaurant Lola 41 has since become a hot spot not just for its grilled catch of the day and fruit-forward cocktails but for the prime people-watching, too.”
All three hotels made Travel + Leisure’s list of the Best 15 Resorts in the Continental U.S., with White Elephant at No. 2; Nobu Hotel at No. 8 and Little Palm Island Resort & Spa at No. 11.
Also notable was Faena Hotel Miami Beach at No. 14. Faena was also named one of the Best Hotels in the U.S. in Condé Nast Travelers’ 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards.
Travel + Leisure also named the 15 Best Resorts in Florida, which include Playa Largo Resort & Spa in Key Largo (No. 8); Pelican Grand Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale (No. 10); Sunset Key Cottages in Key West (No. 12) and Ocean Key Resort & Spa in Key West (tied for No. 14).
Nobu and Faena topped the list of the 15 Best Resorts in Greater Miami, followed by the Ritz-Carlton South Beach, The Setai and the Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club. Also on the list was the adults-only Standard Spa at No. 7, which was named one of the best hotels in the U.S. by Tripadvisor in May, and Acqualina Resort in Sunny Isles Beach at No. 9, which was named one of the best hotels in the country by U.S. News & World Report in February.
To come up with the awards, Travel + Leisure asks readers to weigh in on their travel experiences and opinions on top hotels and resorts. Hotels are rated on facilities, location, service, food and overall value.
Nobu Hotel Miami Beach: 4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; miamibeach.nobuhotels.com or 305-704-7600
Little Palm Island Resort & Spa: 28500 Overseas Hwy., Little Torch Key; littlepalmisland.com or 305-684-8341
White Elephant Palm Beach: 280 Sunset Ave., Palm Beach; whiteelephantpalmbeach.com or 561-832-7050
This story was originally published July 13, 2022 6:00 AM.
