Rich is a games journalist with 15 years' experience, beginning his career on Edge magazine before working for a wide range of outlets, including Ars Technica, Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, Gamespot, the Guardian, IGN, the New Statesman, Polygon, and Vice. He was the editor of Kotaku UK, the UK arm of Kotaku, for three years before joining PC Gamer.
In a turn-up for the corporate books, even the infamously cut-throat Disney corporation has realised that it was just being way too shitty to a man suing it over the death of his wife at Disney World. Dr Kanokporn Tangsuan died in 2023 after a severe allergic reaction to food served at a restaurant in Disney World, Florida, despite warning the staff multiple times about her allergies.
These terms and conditions, said Disney, included a clause saying users agree to settle any disputes with the company over any of its services via arbitration . From Disney's court filing:"The arbitration provision covers 'all disputes' including 'disputes involving The Walt Disney Company or its affiliates'".
To be clear, this argument has not been ruled on by the court, and there's every chance that a sane judge would have turned around and told Disney exactly where it could stick the Disney+ terms and conditions. Piccolo's lawyers said the claim"borders on the surreal." "We believe this situation warrants a sensitive approach to expedite a resolution for the family who have experienced such a painful loss,"The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware dealsContact me with news and offers from other Future brandshe reckons the"adverse publicity" may well have sparked the change in heart.
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