A federal judge rejected the reasoning of a handful of decisions in the Eastern District that have held Walt Disney World to be subject to Pennsylvania jurisdiction based on the business contacts of its parent corporation. The plaintiffs in the suit, Raymond and Vera Poteau, claim they were injured when they fell off a tram car at WDW's EPCOT Center in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Their lawyer had insisted that Pa. courts have jurisdiction over WDW based on the Disney empire's significant business dealings in Pa.
August 18, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Pennsylvania’s long-arm statute is too short to box with Walt Disney World, a federal judge has ruled.
In his 12-page opinion in Poteau v. Walt Disney World Co., Chief U.S. District Judge James T. Giles transferred a personal-injury suit from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to the Middle District of Florida after finding that WDW is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Co. that cannot be haled into a Pennsylvania court since it has no contacts with Pennsylvania and does no business here.
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