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===The Walt Disney Company=== On October 5, 2023, a 42-year-old woman named Kanokporn Tangsuan (who worked as a doctor at [[NYU Langone Health]]) was killed at Raglan Road Irish Pub at [[Disney Springs]] in [[Walt Disney World]] after going into anaphylactic shock due to increased levels of dairy and nuts in her system. Her widower, Jeffery Piccolo, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Disney in February 2024, claiming that she had alerted staff to her severe allergy to both multiple times, but was ignored.<ref>{{cite web |title=Long Island doctor died from anaphylaxis after eating at Disney Springs restaurant, lawsuit says|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/disney-world-food-allergy-death-lawsuit-long-island-doctor/|website=CBS News (WCBS-TV) New York|date=March 5, 2024}}</ref> On May 31, Disney filed a motion to get the lawsuit dismissed, citing the terms of service of both the [[MyMagic+|My Disney Experience]] app (which they booked tickets from) and [[Disney+]] (which they had used a free trial of in the past). This term would require all legal disputes against Disney and its affiliates to be held in an [[AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion#Significance|individual binding arbitration]].<ref name="TVerge">{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=2024-08-14 |title=Disney wants to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit because of a Disney Plus agreement |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220228/disney-wrongful-death-lawsuit-subscription-terms |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> The story's publicization in August 2024 prompted severe backlash against the Walt Disney Company, with many moving to cancel their subscriptions to Disney+ and for a boycott of other Disney products and services. Piccolo's legal team also argued against Disney's claims, first stating that the terms of service on both platforms were "effectively invisible", and that Piccolo "would have had no notice" of the conditions. They also argued that Piccolo's use of these services should have no effect on Tangsaun's right to be represented in this case.<ref name="TVerge"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guynn |first=Jessica |title=Disney wrongful death lawsuit over allergy highlights danger of fine print |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/08/15/disney-wrongful-death-lawsuit-arbitration/74805949007/ |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref> Disney responded by claiming to be "deeply sorry" of the death, and that they were only defending themselves against a lawsuit towards the entire corporation.<ref name ="GGG">{{Cite news |last=Betts |first=Anna |date=2024-08-15 |title=Disney defends use of streaming terms to block restaurant allergy death lawsuit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/15/disney-wrongful-death-lawsuit-dismissal |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The motion for the dismissal of the case was later withdrawn by Disney on August 20, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Disney drops bid to have allergy-death lawsuit tossed because plaintiff signed up for Disney+ |url=https://apnews.com/article/disney-allergy-death-lawsuit-b66cd07c6be2497bf5f6bce2d1f2e8d1 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
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