Paul F. Davis's Blog, page 17
May 2, 2015
Redbox Consumer Fraud Double Charges, Triple Charges
Redbox Consumer Fraud Double Charges, Triple Charges
My letter today below to Wells Fargo bank regarding Redbox double charges and triple charges to my debit card.
Please file a dispute and demand a refund from Redbox that has been charging me more than once for a single video rental. I only ever rent 1 video, but they charged me twice and three times on these dates below.
I am therefore am owed 5 x 1.60 - $8.00 please process the dispute and I will report consumer fraud with the Attorney General.
4/13/15 $1.60 charged three times
4/6/15 $1.60 charged twice
03/16/15 $1.60 charged twice
2/9/15 $1.60 charged twice
Paul F. Davis - consumer advocate, worldwide motivational speaker, life coach and author of more than 20 books including "The Future of Food"
Paul has touched 72 nations speaking for the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines at Sea, Churches and Universities across the globe.
Paul has earned 2 Master degrees: Global Affairs (New York University), Global Food Law (Michigan State College of Law), and is nearing completion of a 3rd Master degree in Health (University of Alabama).
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
http://www.Linkedin.com/in/worldprope...
Redbox Consumer Fraud Double Charges, Triple Charges
My letter today below to Wells Fargo bank regarding Redbox double charges and triple charges to my debit card.
Please file a dispute and demand a refund from Redbox that has been charging me more than once for a single video rental. I only ever rent 1 video, but they charged me twice and three times on these dates below.
I am therefore am owed 5 x 1.60 - $8.00 please process the dispute and I will report consumer fraud with the Attorney General.
4/13/15 $1.60 charged three times
4/6/15 $1.60 charged twice
03/16/15 $1.60 charged twice
2/9/15 $1.60 charged twice
Paul F. Davis - consumer advocate, worldwide motivational speaker, life coach and author of more than 20 books including "The Future of Food"
Paul has touched 72 nations speaking for the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines at Sea, Churches and Universities across the globe.
Paul has earned 2 Master degrees: Global Affairs (New York University), Global Food Law (Michigan State College of Law), and is nearing completion of a 3rd Master degree in Health (University of Alabama).
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
http://www.Linkedin.com/in/worldprope...
Redbox Consumer Fraud Double Charges, Triple Charges
April 27, 2015
Chipotle, Brixmor and Gallagher Bassett Insurance Fraud and Bad Faith
Chipotle, Brixmor and Gallagher Bassett Insurance Fraud and Bad Faith
Since fracturing my ankle at the inadequately lit Chipotle Restaurant in a retail outlet managed by Brixmor Property Group on 12-1-2013, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. has been assigned to my claim.
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. (GBS), along with Brixmor (Chubb who GBS has replaced) and Chipotle have all consistently ignored me and employed a tactic of changing my claims adjuster repeatedly to weary and discourage me from seeking compensation for my injuries.
Among the many claims adjusters I have had to deal with since being injured are:
- Joyce Macchi (Brixmor)
- Patricia Hannon (Brixmor)
- Patricia Mann (Chipotle)
- Maureen Manjuck (Brixmor)
- Kristina Angus (Brixmor)
- K. McClelland (Chubb)
- Jeanne McKenna (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
- James McMichael (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
- Krista Greene (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
To date Mrs. Greene has mentioned nothing more than a $15,000 settlement offer. However the cost of surgeries and caring for my damaged ankle and knee with vitamin supplementation (as being a former Fitness Trainer, Health Coach and Christian Minister I do not subscribe to "modern" medicine and instead use vitamin supplements to strengthen my body) shall amount to no less than $105,237.60
How I calculated and arrived at this figure is as follows:
As I told Mr. McMichael today over the phone, I will need left ankle and
knee surgeries in the future for my injuries sustained that have not fully
healed. Since the accident the loss of stability and mobility to my left
ankle is disrupting and negatively affecting the functionality of my left
knee (the ankle playing a foundational and supportive role to the entire
left leg's bone alignment and structure). Hence I returned to the ER
(several months following the injury) a second time to x-ray and examine
the ankle (as documented in my medical file).
As a Personal Fitness Trainer who has studied anatomy and kinesiology, I
know this often happens with injuries as the bones and body are all
interconnected and interrelated. Injuries forever alter the body's
anatomical structure and performance. Thus my physicality and quality of
life shall forever be altered. I know because I have to move more slowly
and take extra precautions when playing with my 19 month old daughter in
certain positions that cause me ankle and knee pain.
Not having health insurance I will be paying out of pocket for the left
ankle and knee surgeries.
Ankle surgery costs between $15,000 to $30,000 (and I can assure you I
will NOT being going on the cheap with a bone surgery, but rather pursuing
the best most experienced and qualified doctor for surgery. One of my best
friend's recently died after a series of back surgeries, that never worked
and eventually a medical device installed in his back killed him at 45 y/o
as his body rejected the foreign object).
- http://www.howmuchisit.org/ankle-surg...
Partial knee replacement surgery costs $49,500
-
http://www.healthline.com/health/tota...
The orthopedic doctor told me at Orlando Regional Medical Hospital, "A
fracture does not go away, nor does it fully ever heal and return to as
your ankle was before." Therefore as I wrote and indicated on 2/10/2015, I
now take the following for my bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons to
support and fortify them since the injury:
- Bone Builder (Ethical Nutrients) - $20.41
http://www.amazon.com/ETHICAL-NUTRIEN...
- Magnesium Glycinate - $24.90
http://www.amazon.com/Designs-Health-...
- EDTA (pulls metals from bones) - $21.65
http://www.amazon.com/Arizona-Natural...
- MSM for connective tissue - $7.97
http://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Best-15...
- L-Methionine (for joint health) - $16.47
http://www.amazon.com/Solgar-L-Methio...
- Vitamin D drops - $19.95
http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Vitamin-...
These supplements are not cheap and are quite costly, which medical
insurance does not cover. My grandparents lived to be 84 y/o (and both
drank alcohol which I do not). Taking these supplements from the time of
injury (Dec.2013) and for the next 40 years of my life (as I am now 45
years of age) shall be expensive and what I demand to be included in the
settlement offer.
The cost of a year supply of these supplements multiplied by 40 years cost
the following:
- Bone Builder (Ethical Nutrients) - $20.41 x 6 = $122.46
- Magnesium Glycinate - $24.90 x 6 = $149.40
- EDTA (pulls metals from bones) - $21.65 x 12 = $259.80
- MSM for connective tissue - $7.97 x 6 = $47.82
- L-Methionine (for joint health) - $16.47 x 8 = $131.76
- Vitamin D drops - $19.95 x 6 = $119.70
Total Annual Cost = $830.94
Lifetime Cost (40 years) = $33,237.60
Add this with the cost of ankle and knee surgery (one surgery for both at
minimum and 50% of the time multiple surgeries are needed).
Ankle surgery (median cost with modest evaluation) $22,500
Knee surgery (for only partial knee replacement, despite the reality I may
need a full left knee surgery in the future) $49,500
Total future medical and healthcare costs as a result of the injuries
sustained at Chipotle (a Brixmor managed property) is
33,237.60 supplements
22,500 ankle surgery
49,500 knee surgery
Total medical and healthcare costs for which I demand a settlement is
$105,237.60
The $15,000 alluded to offer by Mrs. Greene therefore is an unethical and unjustifiably low offer given the medical records provided clearly show a fractured and not properly healed ankle still in need of ongoing treatment going forward throughout the duration of my life.
Just because I as a Christian pursue and proceed with a more holistic manner of care (vitamin supplementation and seek to avoid surgeries as long as possible) does not diminish the severity of my injuries and the need for a fair settlement.
Please contact your state insurance commissioner / regulator and kindly complain and ask them to intervene.
Sincere thanks and my God bless you as you do.
Paul F Davis - consumer advocate
www.PaulFDavis.com Worldwide Minister who has touched 72 nations serving the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines, and Universities across the globe.
Paul is also the author of more than 20 books and holds a Master degree in Global Food Law, he being the author of "The Future of Food" (volumes 1 & 2).
Chipotle, Brixmor and Gallagher Bassett Insurance Fraud and Bad Faith
Since fracturing my ankle at the inadequately lit Chipotle Restaurant in a retail outlet managed by Brixmor Property Group on 12-1-2013, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. has been assigned to my claim.
Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. (GBS), along with Brixmor (Chubb who GBS has replaced) and Chipotle have all consistently ignored me and employed a tactic of changing my claims adjuster repeatedly to weary and discourage me from seeking compensation for my injuries.
Among the many claims adjusters I have had to deal with since being injured are:
- Joyce Macchi (Brixmor)
- Patricia Hannon (Brixmor)
- Patricia Mann (Chipotle)
- Maureen Manjuck (Brixmor)
- Kristina Angus (Brixmor)
- K. McClelland (Chubb)
- Jeanne McKenna (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
- James McMichael (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
- Krista Greene (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
To date Mrs. Greene has mentioned nothing more than a $15,000 settlement offer. However the cost of surgeries and caring for my damaged ankle and knee with vitamin supplementation (as being a former Fitness Trainer, Health Coach and Christian Minister I do not subscribe to "modern" medicine and instead use vitamin supplements to strengthen my body) shall amount to no less than $105,237.60
How I calculated and arrived at this figure is as follows:
As I told Mr. McMichael today over the phone, I will need left ankle and
knee surgeries in the future for my injuries sustained that have not fully
healed. Since the accident the loss of stability and mobility to my left
ankle is disrupting and negatively affecting the functionality of my left
knee (the ankle playing a foundational and supportive role to the entire
left leg's bone alignment and structure). Hence I returned to the ER
(several months following the injury) a second time to x-ray and examine
the ankle (as documented in my medical file).
As a Personal Fitness Trainer who has studied anatomy and kinesiology, I
know this often happens with injuries as the bones and body are all
interconnected and interrelated. Injuries forever alter the body's
anatomical structure and performance. Thus my physicality and quality of
life shall forever be altered. I know because I have to move more slowly
and take extra precautions when playing with my 19 month old daughter in
certain positions that cause me ankle and knee pain.
Not having health insurance I will be paying out of pocket for the left
ankle and knee surgeries.
Ankle surgery costs between $15,000 to $30,000 (and I can assure you I
will NOT being going on the cheap with a bone surgery, but rather pursuing
the best most experienced and qualified doctor for surgery. One of my best
friend's recently died after a series of back surgeries, that never worked
and eventually a medical device installed in his back killed him at 45 y/o
as his body rejected the foreign object).
- http://www.howmuchisit.org/ankle-surg...
Partial knee replacement surgery costs $49,500
-
http://www.healthline.com/health/tota...
The orthopedic doctor told me at Orlando Regional Medical Hospital, "A
fracture does not go away, nor does it fully ever heal and return to as
your ankle was before." Therefore as I wrote and indicated on 2/10/2015, I
now take the following for my bones, cartilage, ligaments and tendons to
support and fortify them since the injury:
- Bone Builder (Ethical Nutrients) - $20.41
http://www.amazon.com/ETHICAL-NUTRIEN...
- Magnesium Glycinate - $24.90
http://www.amazon.com/Designs-Health-...
- EDTA (pulls metals from bones) - $21.65
http://www.amazon.com/Arizona-Natural...
- MSM for connective tissue - $7.97
http://www.amazon.com/Doctors-Best-15...
- L-Methionine (for joint health) - $16.47
http://www.amazon.com/Solgar-L-Methio...
- Vitamin D drops - $19.95
http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Vitamin-...
These supplements are not cheap and are quite costly, which medical
insurance does not cover. My grandparents lived to be 84 y/o (and both
drank alcohol which I do not). Taking these supplements from the time of
injury (Dec.2013) and for the next 40 years of my life (as I am now 45
years of age) shall be expensive and what I demand to be included in the
settlement offer.
The cost of a year supply of these supplements multiplied by 40 years cost
the following:
- Bone Builder (Ethical Nutrients) - $20.41 x 6 = $122.46
- Magnesium Glycinate - $24.90 x 6 = $149.40
- EDTA (pulls metals from bones) - $21.65 x 12 = $259.80
- MSM for connective tissue - $7.97 x 6 = $47.82
- L-Methionine (for joint health) - $16.47 x 8 = $131.76
- Vitamin D drops - $19.95 x 6 = $119.70
Total Annual Cost = $830.94
Lifetime Cost (40 years) = $33,237.60
Add this with the cost of ankle and knee surgery (one surgery for both at
minimum and 50% of the time multiple surgeries are needed).
Ankle surgery (median cost with modest evaluation) $22,500
Knee surgery (for only partial knee replacement, despite the reality I may
need a full left knee surgery in the future) $49,500
Total future medical and healthcare costs as a result of the injuries
sustained at Chipotle (a Brixmor managed property) is
33,237.60 supplements
22,500 ankle surgery
49,500 knee surgery
Total medical and healthcare costs for which I demand a settlement is
$105,237.60
The $15,000 alluded to offer by Mrs. Greene therefore is an unethical and unjustifiably low offer given the medical records provided clearly show a fractured and not properly healed ankle still in need of ongoing treatment going forward throughout the duration of my life.
Just because I as a Christian pursue and proceed with a more holistic manner of care (vitamin supplementation and seek to avoid surgeries as long as possible) does not diminish the severity of my injuries and the need for a fair settlement.
Please contact your state insurance commissioner / regulator and kindly complain and ask them to intervene.
Sincere thanks and my God bless you as you do.
Paul F Davis - consumer advocate
www.PaulFDavis.com Worldwide Minister who has touched 72 nations serving the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines, and Universities across the globe.
Paul is also the author of more than 20 books and holds a Master degree in Global Food Law, he being the author of "The Future of Food" (volumes 1 & 2).
Chipotle, Brixmor and Gallagher Bassett Insurance Fraud and Bad Faith
April 25, 2015
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
I left Florida jobless with 0.34 cents to begin a new job in Laredo, Texas at Texas A&M International University. I now have an apartment, but need transportation to get to work by 7;45am (to keep my job).
I want to buy a used bicycle on Craigslist if anyone can help me, I'd be most grateful.
I pray all who give experience "special miracles" from God as you invest in my life (Acts 19:11).
I'm nearly completed with my 3rd Master degree and believe good things are ahead in my future if I can overcome these present adversities. I've also authored more than 20 books and traveled to 72 nations serving as a Worldwide Motivational Speaker and Wellness Trainer to the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines at Sea, and Universities across the globe.
I don't why God has me living on a shoestring budget at the moment, but my faith has reached an all-time high as a result. Last year I went to China to work with only $42 and God provided miraculously enabling me to touch and transform so many.
I have no doubt those who give to me are giving in GREAT SOIL and will surely reap BREAKTHROUGHS and a mighty HARVEST.
Please give to my account (RevivingNations@yahoo.com) at http://www.Paypal.com
God richly bless you as you give!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
http://www.Linkedin.com/in/worldprope...
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
I left Florida jobless with 0.34 cents to begin a new job in Laredo, Texas at Texas A&M International University. I now have an apartment, but need transportation to get to work by 7;45am (to keep my job).
I want to buy a used bicycle on Craigslist if anyone can help me, I'd be most grateful.
I pray all who give experience "special miracles" from God as you invest in my life (Acts 19:11).
I'm nearly completed with my 3rd Master degree and believe good things are ahead in my future if I can overcome these present adversities. I've also authored more than 20 books and traveled to 72 nations serving as a Worldwide Motivational Speaker and Wellness Trainer to the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines at Sea, and Universities across the globe.
I don't why God has me living on a shoestring budget at the moment, but my faith has reached an all-time high as a result. Last year I went to China to work with only $42 and God provided miraculously enabling me to touch and transform so many.
I have no doubt those who give to me are giving in GREAT SOIL and will surely reap BREAKTHROUGHS and a mighty HARVEST.
Please give to my account (RevivingNations@yahoo.com) at http://www.Paypal.com
God richly bless you as you give!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
http://www.Linkedin.com/in/worldprope...
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
I left Florida jobless with 0.34 cents to begin a new job in Laredo, Texas at Texas A&M International University. I now have an apartment, but need transportation to get to work by 7:45am (to keep my job).
I want to buy a used bicycle on Craigslist if anyone can help me, I'd be most grateful.
I left my car with my wife and 1 year old daughter in Florida so they can be safe and provided for.
I pray all who give experience "special miracles" from God as you invest in my life (Acts 19:11).
I'm nearly completed with my 3rd Master degree and believe good things are ahead in my future if I can overcome these present adversities. I've also authored more than 20 books and traveled to 72 nations serving as a Worldwide Motivational Speaker and Wellness Trainer to the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines at Sea, and Universities across the globe.
I don't why God has me living on a shoestring budget at the moment, but my faith has reached an all-time high as a result. Last year I went to China to work with only $42 and God provided miraculously enabling me to touch and transform so many.
I have no doubt those who give to me are giving in GREAT SOIL and will surely reap BREAKTHROUGHS and a mighty HARVEST.
Please give to my account (RevivingNations@yahoo.com) at http://www.Paypal.com
God richly bless you as you give!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
http://www.Linkedin.com/in/worldprope...
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
I left Florida jobless with 0.34 cents to begin a new job in Laredo, Texas at Texas A&M International University. I now have an apartment, but need transportation to get to work by 7:45am (to keep my job).
I want to buy a used bicycle on Craigslist if anyone can help me, I'd be most grateful.
I left my car with my wife and 1 year old daughter in Florida so they can be safe and provided for.
I pray all who give experience "special miracles" from God as you invest in my life (Acts 19:11).
I'm nearly completed with my 3rd Master degree and believe good things are ahead in my future if I can overcome these present adversities. I've also authored more than 20 books and traveled to 72 nations serving as a Worldwide Motivational Speaker and Wellness Trainer to the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines at Sea, and Universities across the globe.
I don't why God has me living on a shoestring budget at the moment, but my faith has reached an all-time high as a result. Last year I went to China to work with only $42 and God provided miraculously enabling me to touch and transform so many.
I have no doubt those who give to me are giving in GREAT SOIL and will surely reap BREAKTHROUGHS and a mighty HARVEST.
Please give to my account (RevivingNations@yahoo.com) at http://www.Paypal.com
God richly bless you as you give!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
http://www.Linkedin.com/in/worldprope...
Give, Grow and Receive Special Miracles from God
April 23, 2015
American Airlines Consumer Fraud Sky Cap Credit Card Fraud
American Airlines Consumer Fraud Sky Cap Credit Card Fraud - record locator QAEETU
On April 22, 2015 American Airlines sky cap at the curb (the oldest among them working that day) did not answer my question when I asked, "How much to upgrade to first class." Instead he asked for my credit card and walked inside to "check" to see if he could upgrade me to first class, but returned saying first class was full and could not.
Then after the sky cap checked in my 2 bags (for $35 and $25) I paid him $60 and gave him a $5 tip. However when my wife looked at her debit card, it showed a $60 debit from American Airlines for my luggage.
So the sky cap essentially lied and double charged me for my bags, while pocketing $65.
I demand a $65 within 24 hours or I will file a formal complaint with the Better Business Bureau and Federal Transportation Commission (FTC), Federal Transportation Authority (FTA), and the U.S. Attorney General for consumer fraud.
My wife's name is Karla Davis and her card was the one billed without authorization as she witnessed me pay the sky cap $60 in cash and give him a $5 tip.
Refund my $65 immediately.
Paul F Davis - frequent flyer, consumer advocate and travel writer who has traveled to 72 nations
www.PaulFDavis.com
American Airlines Consumer Fraud Sky Cap Credit Card Fraud
On April 22, 2015 American Airlines sky cap at the curb (the oldest among them working that day) did not answer my question when I asked, "How much to upgrade to first class." Instead he asked for my credit card and walked inside to "check" to see if he could upgrade me to first class, but returned saying first class was full and could not.
Then after the sky cap checked in my 2 bags (for $35 and $25) I paid him $60 and gave him a $5 tip. However when my wife looked at her debit card, it showed a $60 debit from American Airlines for my luggage.
So the sky cap essentially lied and double charged me for my bags, while pocketing $65.
I demand a $65 within 24 hours or I will file a formal complaint with the Better Business Bureau and Federal Transportation Commission (FTC), Federal Transportation Authority (FTA), and the U.S. Attorney General for consumer fraud.
My wife's name is Karla Davis and her card was the one billed without authorization as she witnessed me pay the sky cap $60 in cash and give him a $5 tip.
Refund my $65 immediately.
Paul F Davis - frequent flyer, consumer advocate and travel writer who has traveled to 72 nations
www.PaulFDavis.com
American Airlines Consumer Fraud Sky Cap Credit Card Fraud
March 14, 2015
Space Mountain Injuries at Walt Disney World, Negligence and Safety Violations at Disney World's Magic Kingdom
Space Mountain Injuries at Walt Disney World, Negligence and Safety Violations at Disney World's Magic Kingdom
My wife and I were injured by the Space Mountain ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 2012 (August) and both went the infirmary immediately after the ride to lay down. Interestingly one of the male nurses at the infirmary told us one other lady was there after having ridden Space Mountain too and the male nurse informed us Space Mountain had just recently reopened after repairs (due to some problems).
The claims department at Walt Disney World has been ignoring me and my wife regarding this for nearly 3 years now (probably hoping the statute of limitations will expire).
Nevertheless we both have annual passes at Walt Disney World being Florida residents who frequent the park with our one-year-old daughter, but will never ride Space Mountain again. To this day my wife complains of a foggy brain and slower mental capacities since the ride (and she actually loves roller coasters and Space Mountain is mild compared to Universal Studies), except when on a warped track and shaking the living hell out of those riding it (like being on a warped bicycle tire at neck break speed as was our experience).
I warn others and document my incident AND the history of Space Mountain injuries below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NXGt... - video describing the incident at Walt Disney World
http://paulfdavis.com/wordpress/space...
Space Mountain Safety Concerns – Space Mountain Head Injury – Space Mountain Back Injury – Space Mountain Death
I and my wife both suffered a Space Mountain head injury and Space Mountain back injury – not sure if that is a signature injury for Space Mountain guests historically? LOL But undoubtedly Space mountain safety should be an ongoing concern for Walt Disney World.
The best way I can describe the Space Mountain experience on August 19th, 2012 is like riding on a warped tire on a bicycle, except this was a roller coaster moving down what felt like was a warped track as our heads were shaking and backs being thrashed during the journey. It is very odd since never before (and I’ve rode Space Mountain so many times) have I felt such a rough ride on Space Mountain.
Please allow me to share my story, years of experience with Walt Disney (also a former employee), and some recently discovered findings from my research.
According to http://thesurvivalguidetoeverydaylife...# – ’26 people have been killed by the ginormous, rocky hands of Space Mountain since it was created to fool Walt Disney into thinking he actually traveled into space.’
New Space Mountain head and back injuries to former Disney World employee. Space Mountain safety concerns – Space Mountain head injuries – Space Mountain back injuries – Space Mountain death details and history.
On May 21, 2011 an Orlando Sentinel article read: Disney’s Space Mountain shut down after woman found unconscious
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2... The small article stated: ‘Walt Disney World shut down its popular Space Mountain attraction for inspections Saturday after a woman was found unconscious at the end of the ride. It was unclear whether the ride would reopen for Magic Kingdom guests today. The 48-year-old woman fell unconscious about 9a.m., according to Andrea Finger, a Disney spokeswoman. Reedy Creek Fire Rescue, which handles medical emergencies for Disney’s parks, transported her to Dr. P. Phillips Hospital on Turkey Lake Road.’
Having been raised by my U.S. Army retired Lt. Colonel grandfather who I saw in his latter years die after suffering a head injury, I take head injuries very seriously. Pop-Pop fell at the Cumberland Farms in Orlando, FL during which he hit his head. I visited him at the ER and we talked that evening. Yet at 2am Pop-Pop had a stroke and never would be able to talk again. Had I known that was the last conversation I would ever have with Pop-Pop I would have stayed the whole night with him at the ER, but he repeatedly insisted I go home and get some sleep.
As someone who grew up in Orlando and has visited Disney World frequently throughout my life (including had my first kiss with my wife there), I love the theme parks and the many world class attractions. I was saddened however when I saw the trash at various rides and a few rude park attendants, showing me a decline in Disney standards. Even the construction where Dumbo’s flight and the 2,000 League’s Under the Sea used to be filled the air near Winnie the Pooh with unhealthy toxic chemicals.
The shuttle trollies to and from the parking lot spewing carbon monoxide on guests seated behind also troubled me. Yet somehow I was willing to overlook all of this and just have a fun day at Disney, until the Space Mountain injuries occurred to me AND my beloved wife.
‘With the closure of Cypress Gardens in 2009, Space Mountain is the oldest operating roller coaster in the state of Florida.’ (Source –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Mo... For more than 2 years Space Mountain in California’s Disneyland was under renovation. Space Mountain reopened on July 15, 2005 in Disneyland.
Disney World Space Mountain renovations were intended to replace the track according tohttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html..., a Disney theme park fanatic, doesn’t like ‘the new sound system they installed on Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom’ –
http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspe... of the other rides and coasters Space Mountain is having to compete with at other Orlando amusement parks (due to pressure from Disney executives) –
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html...– don’t warrant Space Mountain safety being compromised to turn up the speed on a ride never intended to go that fast built for smaller children and families.
Imagineer Chrissie Allen has participated in ‘dozens of test flights’ on Space Mountain, Chrissie having worked on the refurbished Space Mountain to improve the attraction that had been in operation for nearly 25 years. (Source –http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/in... )
Among the items Chrissie was involved in helping spruce up at Space Mountain were a new mezzanine, plantings, a landing strip and corridor (Ibid).
Space Mountain was closed for refurbishment on April 19, 2009. The newly updated version of the attraction was officially re-opened to the public on November 22, 2009.
Tina T. (Newport Beach, California) got sick from riding Space Mountain and Kaileen Y. of Honolulu, Hawaii wrote Space Mountain gave her a queasy stomach. Kaileen writes: ‘of all the roller coasters I’ve been on in my life…this was the one that finally got to me. …I got discombobulated & really dizzy. About half way through, I just wanted it to be over already…my body couldn’t take much of it anymore.’ (Source -http://www.yelp.com/biz/space-mountai... )
This is a good characterization in part of my experience on the new Space Mountain, as I felt it was faster and much rougher than the ride I grew up on being a native Orlando, Floridian who has been on Space Mountain more times than I can count. Heck, I even dated Cinderella while working at Disney World one summer and working as a bus boy in Cinderella’s Palace.
At the end of the ride on Space Mountain, my wife looked back at me and gave me a pitiful look. I thought she was upset that I didn’t ride in same Space Mountain car as her (mine being directly behind her but connected to her Space Mountain car). Then my roller coaster loving wife revealed she felt ill and halfway through Space Mountain (like Kaileen from Hawaii) just wanted the ride to be over.
My experience of the new Space Mountain was the same, but I must also add the entrance was not clean as water and coke bottles were inside on the walkway leading up to the ride. The ride attendants were yelling and barking at guests to “Stand behind the yellow line” before we were divided and told to go left and right. John, an Indian or Latino looking guy (my ride attendant), was rough, wanting to push the t-bar as far down on my penis as he possibly could. I give him credit for being insistent, but John was rude in doing so. “Move your hands!” Alrighty then! So I moved my hands, got the t-bar forced down between and atop my legs very snug (see images below) and then the Space Mountain ride from hell began.
Again I was expecting the same old Space Mountain I grew up on, knowing some of the signature turns from my many rides previously taken. But this new Space Mountain was not smooth, very rough, shaky and jarring. I felt my back being thrashed and my head shaken about from side to side. I was quite surprised, disturbed and left in pain afterward.
My wife and I spoke to Steven (from Indiana) about 3pm following our 2:45pm ride on Space Mountain. Steven was a polite gentleman working outside at the entrance to Space Mountain. Steven advised us to go to City Hall to report our experience on Space Mountain assuring us Disney World wants to know what we think and feel about the ride.
After reporting our Space Mountain experience to City Hall, we were advised we could go to First Aid to get some ice. We did so and were quite pleased with the facility, caring attendants, nurses and staff. Bill was very kind and led us to two beds where we laid down while we iced our backs and heads. No paramedics were offered or involved.
Bill also mentioned that Space Mountain had been newly renovated and that there was another lady in the First Aid with us also because of Space Mountain. This made me feel a bit better about my masculinity after being tossed and turned about at Space Mountain – something I’ve always felt to be a children’s ride without much speed or anything overly thrilling (after having been to Universal Studios and Bush Gardens numerous times).
Yet my August, 2012 Space Mountain experience proved otherwise, leaving me with lower back pain and a wicked throbbing head that was felt all over even down to my neck.
Apparently I am not alone when it comes to injuries occurring at Walt Disney World on rides. WDWHound at http://www.disboards.com/showthread.p... states below:
‘The investigations of the BTM accident showed a lack of training and improper maintenance as the cause. The death of a guest on the Columbia Dock a few years ago was shown to be the result of a lack of training for one cast member involved. The Space Mountain injuries when a coaster car derailed a few years back were shown to be from a lack of maintenance. There were litterally no accidents that could be traced to improper maintenance or training prior to Eisner’s cutbacks. I believe there is enough evidence to at least reasonably agrue my position.’
Apparently former CEO Michael Eisner had some serious cutbacks at Walt Disney World that jeopardized guest safety.
Disney appears to be taking some financial losses and experience a decline in its share valuations: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/192... Yet with Disney CEO Bob Iger pay package valued at $28 million, up 30 percent, I don’t think asking for courteous employees, a tidy park, clean air and safe rides is too much to ask.
[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html...]
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
MickeyMania writes about Space Mountain: ‘The closest thing to a head chopper or hand chopper was the old Space Mountain, and when they originally built that they tried to make it go as fast as they can put on every Cast Member that was over 200lbs. Every big person at the park they could get was loaded into sleds together, and nobody clipped anything.’
AmyArgh writes about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: ‘I’m only 5’9″, but there are parts of Big Thunder where I always put my hands down, because I’m sure they’ll go flying off, or at least I’ll break all of my fingers.’
bmac4212 writes on Space Mountain: ‘I used to work on Space Mountain and there is really no way you can hit your hands on anything when you lift them straight up. However, you could hit stuff, if you have a long enough reach, and put them to the side.’
RobotMirror writes about Space Mountain: ‘And yet… people HAVE been injured on Space Mountain, and the Matterhorn, and have even died because of it. I don’t think any imagineer can take into account all differences in height, weight, or specific circumstances for all rides. …I didn’t say that people died on Space Mountain. I said they’ve been injured on Space Mountain, and have died on the matterhorn.’
RobotMirror cites the Orlando Sentinel among other sources (the paper appears to have pulled the article, likely from pressure or payoff by Walt Disney World to do so) stating the following concerning Disney rides and Space Mountain safety:
‘Space Mountain injuries:
A guest of WDW occupied a rocket car on 09/10/98 within space mountain. When he got on the ride he was a healthy male who worked as a doctor. At the end of the ride he was discovered slumped over in the rocket car unconcsious suffering from a laceration and contusion to the head. The police were called due to the seriousness of his injuries and the ride was closed. An investigation of the inside of the ride revealed that there were at least two items which were believed to have fallen out of cars while guests rode the ride and fell from the tracks through the ride and ending up on the floor of the structure. Disney employees walk the floor of the ride on a daily basis and find items which were not appropriately secured by patrons and fall out of the cars while the ride is in operation. The force of the accident caused the park guest’s new sneakers to be almost ripped apart at the seams. The patron was taken to the local trauma center via helicopter and while released after a period he is now suffering paralysis to his left arm, pain in his legs, brain damage, memory loss. The individual is represented by David Fussell of Horwitz and Fussell, P.A. Orlando, Florida
For more information about this incident, visit http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busine...
31 Jul 2000 A wheel-support arm breaks on Space Mountain, inflicting a sprained foot on one guest and bruises on eight others, as their car derails and skids to abrupt halt.
Matterhorn (From Snopes):
May 1964: Mark Maples, a 15-year-old Long Beach, CA, resident, was killed when he tried to stand up on the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Maples (or his companion) foolishly unbuckled his seatbeat and attempted to stand up as their bobsled neared the peak of the mountain. Maples lost his balance and was thrown from the sled to the track below, fracturing his skull and ribs and causing internal injuries. He died three days later.
3 January 1984: Dolly Regene Young, a 48-year-old Fremont, CA, resident, was killed on the Matterhorn in an incident remarkably similar to the first Disneyland guest death nearly twenty years earlier. About two-thirds of the way down the mountain Young was thrown from her seat into the path of an oncoming bobsled, her head and chest becoming pinned beneath its wheels. An examination of Young’s sled revealed that her seatbelt was not fastened at the time of the accident, but because she was riding alone in the rear car of a sled no one could determine whether or not she had deliberately unfastened her belt.’
As for allegations about people being just plain stupid and getting hurt (which we all acknowledge), RobotMirror adds:
‘…Except for the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad incident, and also the Columbia death, and ARGUABLY the Hyperion Theater death, the Alice in Wonderland Injury, the Space Mountain injuries, the Dumbo ride injury, the earlier Big Thunder Mountain injury, perhaps the Indiana Jones ride injuries (who knows – the settlement was confidential in both cases), and of course the America Sings death.
Those people probably didn’t do anything “stupid” other than show up.’
GrouchyRob writes about Space Mountain deaths: ‘It happened right after they added the loops – the people fell out at the top. That is why neither ride has one now but there is talk of putting the loops back in.’
Beyond Space Mountain safety concerns, apparently Disneyland in California recently took some added measures to improve their ride safety at Luigi’s Flying Tires because Disney thought the beach balls were slowing down lines en route to the ride.
‘According to California Adventure’s vice president Mary Niven, there were also a few “minor incidents” of people getting hit by the balls. She said, “We just thought it was going to be more fun.”‘ (Full story at –
http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/disneylan... )
Wikipedia says of Walt Disney World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident... ) below:
Several people have died or been injured while riding attractions at Walt Disney World theme parks. Since 2001, Disney has been required to report incidents to state authorities. For example, from the first quarter of 2005 to the first quarter of 2006, Disney reported four deaths and nineteen injuries at its Florida parks.
The term incidents refers to major accidents, injuries, deaths and significant crimes. While these incidents are required to be reported to regulatory authorities for investigation, attraction-related incidents usually fall into one of the following categories:
• Negligence on the part of the park, either by ride operator or maintenance.
• Caused by negligence on the part of the guest. This can be refusal to follow specific ride safety instructions, or deliberate intent to break park rules.
• The result of a guest’s known or unknown health issues.
• Act of God or a generic accident (e.g. slipping and falling) that is not a direct result of an action on anyone’s part.
According to a 1985 Time magazine article, nearly 100 lawsuits are filed against Disney each year for various incidents.
Space Mountain in Paris, France looks way different and safer by the looks of this video below, whereon riders have shoulder straps to hold them in, unlike the Space Mountain at Disney World (Orlando, Florida) where riders have a t-bar pushed in between and above their legs (as I experienced Sunday August 19, 2012).
Video of Space Mountain in the USA- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPFgt...
Video of Space Mountain in France – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3Npd... If you have any information about Space Mountain safety concerns – Space Mountain head injury situations similar to ours – Space Mountain back injury occurrences similar to ours – or know of any Space Mountain deaths beyond what was mentioned here… please write (info@PaulFDavis.com) and let us know.
A few people have written on various forums:
To read more about the deaths at Disneyland, I suggest that you check out Snoops, the Urban Legends site (however the link appears dead for whatever reason).
http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/de...
Beyond other injuries at Space Mountain wikipedia mentions the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident... Obviously many people love Space Mountain as I have for years, many of the positive reviews here:http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/s... More Space Mountain facts, figures and trivia (including a Space Mountain clone at Parque de diversiones Divertido in Mexico) here:
http://ultimateorlando.blogspot.com/2... slave labor also remains a problem with Walt Disney World corporation:http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.ph... A Disney Cruise recently was reported for having Disney Crew members on the ship snorting cocaine and having wild sex. Not the kind of ship families want to take their kids on!
http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-ne...#
http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2012/08/... One of my favorite Disney testimonials to show some love for all the hardworking and goodhearted Disney employees – http://allears.net/ae/ae.htm :
Sam Nichols: My 10-year-old daughter and I were boarding Space Mountain from the Fastpass line and a cast member was directing us as to where to go. She turned toward Kelsey and said. “Right this way, princess.” This had not been the first time that day that a cast member said something like this. Kelsey looked at me with her eyes as big as they could get and whispered, “Mom, everyone’s calling me a princess!” She was in complete wonder over this. It brought tears to my eyes that day and every time I think about it. It is the small things that make Disney the magical place it is that can make a little girl feel so special.
The Space Mountain death by decapitation is at:
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/revie...
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/... DataMeister on the death at Big Thunder Mountain railroad when the train derailed:
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland... ‘A car derailed as it was coming around a corner, if I remember correctly, and a man in his 20s was crushed. I think it was blamed on improper maintenance, and itdid take place during a time when Disney was less meticulous about…well, everything.’
Flynnibus reports: ‘The upwheel assembly (the wheels underneth the track on the train) worked loose because it was not secured completely because the train was not repaired properly but the paperwork said it was. When the upwheel assembly worked loose, it eventually struck brake assemblies along the track causing the lead engine car to jump off the track and eventually lodge itself against a brake assembly and the cars behind the engine slammed into the engine itself. The front most car crushed against the rear of the engine, causing fatal injuries to one of the two people in the lead car because the front edge of the car crushed backwards into them.’
MammaSilva at http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showt... makes a good point about how Disney can skirt around calling deaths caused by Disney negligence deaths:
‘I don’t know if there is a ‘disney rule” but in general only a certified MD can declare a person dead and since on most emergencies only paramedics/EMT’s or nurses are on hand regardless of the ‘status’ the person isn’t officially declared dead until they arrive at the hospital..hence the term DOA … dead on arrival….even when the EMT’s or paramedics know that person is in fact dead they can’t ‘call it’….’
As for the Space Mountain death, read the following below:
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
These attorneys were likely involved in the lawsuit since they at one time created this web link but since have taken it down (following a settlement):
http://www.aitkenlaw.com/verdicts_set...
Legal report - http://www.scribd.com/doc/3365918/Big...
MiceChat Investigation: The 1979 Space Mountain Death
For years now, a persistent story about a death on Disneyland’s Space Mountain has popped in and out of various internet sites. Wikipedia lists the death of Sherill Anne Hoffman in 1979, but so do other sites containing the chronology of Disneyland, and other sites such as DLDhistory.com or other lists of internet “deaths” at Disneyland.
Curiously, all of them repeat, almost verbatim, the exact same story, worded as follows:
“In 1979, Sherrill Anne Hoffman boarded Space Mountain, an indoor rollercoaster ride, after ignoring the signs warning guests with any medical conditions to bypass the ride. During the ride, she got sick and when her rocket vehicle reached the unloading area, she was unable to get out of the vehicle. Employees told her to stay in her rocket and that her rocket would be removed from the track. Unfortunately, other ride attendants didn’t understand these instructions, and sent Hoffman’s vehicle on another three-minute go-round. By the end of the second trip, she was almost unconscious. She was carried to a bench and then transported in a wheelchair to First Aid. Her husband was told not to worry and that she had only fainted. When her condition did not improve, he insisted that she be taken to a hospital. She was taken to the hospital where she remained in a coma for a week and then died. It was later revealed that she had a tumor in her heart. It was possible that the ride dislodged it, and it entered her brain and killed her. Her husband tried to sue the park, convinced that the second Space Mountain trip broke the tumor free and that the park declined to properly or quickly care for her. The case was eventually dismissed.[citation needed]”
The quote above is from Wikipedia’s entry, but all of them are similar, down to the opinions and wording about this death. Note, also, Wikipedia’s “citation needed”, showing a lack of corroboration, at least, and a lack of authority, at best, for this incident.
Even here, on micechat, there seems to be some confusion as to the truth of the information about this death. This thread, and also, separately, this thread, has posters with some confusion about this death, with statements like:
Quote:
Does anyone know if this is true? The list of park deaths (on Snopes and elsewhere) does not seem to list this one. Even the wording of this paragraph is rather poor it says that she “ignored” signs then it explains that she had an undiagnosed condition. Has anyone heard of this one before?
Localdisnyfan offered a source material for this death, naming the 1994 MouseTales by David Koenig:
Quote:
Originally Posted by localdisnyfan
Sorry….should have thought of this earlier. Koening cites the articles in his notes at the back of the book.
OC Register, 8-19-79. 1-24-80.
Not a legend, apparently. I’m thinking the wording in the Wikipedia article was lifted either from Koening or the OC Register.
And then this — a direct challenge from Uzmati, stating:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uzmati
I’ve e-mailed Snopes about this “death”. I’ve asked here on the boards. I even emailed the OC Register. No one seems to know anything about this “incident” except that it shows up in some “Disney Death” lists.
The odd thing to me is that the report of Sherrill Anne Hoffman’s death is always the same basic blurb on every web page I’ve found it on. Like someone wrote it and everyone else just cut, copy and pasted the story around the net. I’d like to know if it’s true but I do know that nobody, so far, has been able to offer anymore to her story other than that one paragraph. Considering the amount of information and the ease with which you can find it about Deborah Gail Stone, Phi Dawson or Marcelo Torres I find it odd Sherrill Anne’s mention is never anything more than the same one basic paragraph.
I file her under Disney Urban Legend myself until we have more information.
I KNOW …maybe if we ask nice Frogberto and his Mice Club: Mice chat Skeptics Club (“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof”© can help us run down some info on Sherrill Anne and her unfortunate “Disney Demise” or put this urban legend to rest once and for all.
Wow. The challenge was thrown to me. And how can I miss an opportunity to find out what really happened? In my investigation of this incident, I visited the offices of the Orange County Register, the Orange County Library, the Orange County Courthouse, and called the Orange County Coroner’s Office, and did research with the State Bar of California, to get further information. I think that I can conclusively bust part of the details of what was reported regarding this “myth”, confirm a large part of what was reported, and help provide the details here about what really happened.
I started at the Orange County Register. The two articles, in 1979 and 1980, did not appear in the Register’s online archives, and, although they were nice about it, they did not have an archive for the public to search older articles.
I then visited a regional branch of the Orange County Library. The first citation listed was from August 19, 1979, which I located. Although I went through every page of that newspaper several times, there was no mention of the death at all in that issue as part of the news. As a Sunday edition, there were comics, the TV guide, special sections for real estate, travel, fashion, and wedding announcements, but the funeral notices, which the newspaper stated were on I9, appeared to be missing from the library’s copy of the newspaper. My first thought was that perhaps this appeared as part of a short funeral notice on page I9, but as I later found out, Mrs. Hoffman was not dead yet, so it was impossible for news of her death to have appeared on this date.
The article dated January 24, 1980, I found immediately. I’ve copied the article, and once scanned, I will post it or email it to anyone that wants to see it directly, but it stated the following, in its entirety:
“DISNEYLAND MUM ON NEGLIGENCE SUIT
SANTA ANA — Disneyland officials Wednesday had no comment on a Superior Court lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of a woman who died last August following a fide on the amusement park’s Space Mountain rollercoaster.
Sherill Anne Hoffman lapsed into unconsciousness while on the ride Aug. 14 and died at Palm Harbor Hospital seven days later, an attorney for the family, Marvin Burton, said.
The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, alleges negligence against Disneyland ride operators because the woman was sent through the ride a second time when she collapsed while exiting the rollercoaster after it came to a stop.
Ride operators intended to sidetrack the car Mrs. Sherill was in so she could receive medical attention, Burton said, but for some reason she was taken through the ride again.
The lawsuit blames the woman’s death on “forces placed upon her body by action of the amusement ride,” while the second ride through the attraction “gravely increased” her injuries.
Disneyland attorney Michale McCray declined comment, but cited a county coroner’s report that Mrs. Hoffman died of natural causes after a portion of a heart tumor dislodged and traveled to the woman’s brain.
Ronald Eugene Hoffman Sr., and his two children, Ronald Jr. and Lisa Marie, are seeking an unspecified amount of general damages and compensation for medical and legal expenses, as well as recovery for loss of income.
Their lawsuit also contends that Mrs. Hoffman was given “below-standard” medical treatment at the amusement park dispensary, where she was taken before being transferred to Palm Harbor.
Burton said there was no licensed doctor available at the dispensary.”
The article appearing below the Hoffman article was also interesting -
“D’LAND WINS ‘SMALL WORLD’ CRASH LAWSUIT. SANTA ANA — A superior Court jury has decided a couple who claimed injuries stemming from a 1974 Easter Day mishap on Disneyland’s “Small World” amusement ride are not entitled to damages. Jesse and Rachel Mercado were saking [sic] $142,000 in damages for the incident…”
(First, let me note to the Register, shame on you for so many typos – It’s Mrs. Hoffman, not “Mrs. Sherill”, it’s “Michael”, not “Michale”, “Superior” court is captalized, and it’s “seeking” damages, not “saking”).
This reveals that the incident occurred on August 14, 1979, and that Mrs. Hoffman passed away seven days later, on August 21, 1979. The August 19, 1979 date mentioned by Koenig would be too early for any mention of a “death at Disneyland”, (or to have appeared in the funeral notices), and as I mentioned, that issue makes no mention of the incident at all.
More importantly, a lot of the particulars of this reported incident would seem to be confirmed. She apparently “collapsed while exiting the roller coaster”, and, even though “ride operators intended to sidetrack the car” she was in, she was, in fact, sent on a second ride through the coaster while unconscious.
We also learn that there is a coroner’s report that concluded that Mrs. Hoffman died of natural causes after a portion of a heart tumor dislodged and travelled to her brain. (A medical condition known as atrial myxoma).
Unlike the implications of the quotes by Koenig, however, a large part of the lawsuit alleged that the negligence on the part of Disneyland was the failure to follow the standard of medical care by not having a doctor or medical treatment available at the park when this happened.
In my attempts to find out what happened to the lawsuit brought by Ronald Hoffman and his two children, I visited the Orange County Courthouse. This case is too old to be listed in their computer database, but the paper indexes show that this case ended by a request for dismissal filing by the plaintiff. That doesn’t mean much, however, because when a case settles, even if for a large sum of money, it’s typical for a condition of the settlement to include the plaintiff filing a dismissal of the case upon receipt of the check. The courthouse stated that they could have obtained copies of the documents, if still available in storage, for a fee.
When I contacted the Coroner’s office, they also indicated that they doubted that they would have the coroner’s report, although it was possible. There is a case here in California holding that “[a]n autopsy report is a record that the coroner is required to keep and is therefore a public record which a citizen may inspect.” Walker v. Superior Court, 155 Cal. App. 2d 134, 139 (1957). Some records are only available with a court order, but the coroner’s office is able to charge a fee, and I’m not sure that the report would add anything to the Register’s report on the cause of death.
I also attempted to contact the plaintiff’s attorney, Marvin Burton, who I found out has moved to Reno, Nevada, and hast not been a member of the California Bar. Likewise, Michael McCray (erroneously named as “Michale” in the Register’s story), is listed by the bar as deceased.
Conclusion: This wouldn’t appear to be a “death at Disneyland” under any of the normal criteria. Because an unknown medical condition (legally, an “intervening and superceding event” by any measure) was the cause of death, failure to follow warning signs isn’t even relevant, and it was pure coincidence that Mrs. Hoffman became unconscious while exiting the ride. It’s likely that, even if Disneyland was negligent by sending her through a second time, when they intended to sidetrack the car she was in, considering the lack of a showing that anything Disneyland did caused the death, and proof problems against Disneyland, and, as the second article above shows, the unwillingness of juries in Orange County to find Disneyland liable for anything but fun, my best guess is that this case settled for a lower amount than plaintiffs might have liked (my opinion only), and that Disneyland didn’t want the expensive precedent of a finding that the standard of care for their park now might include having a doctor and emergency room equipment on staff.
So, in the language of the Mythbusters, you can consider the cite from Koenig to an article dated 8-19-79 to be busted, the failure of her to read warning signs to be complete speculations (and irrelevant), and the cause of death not likely due to anything Disneyland did.
Most of the particulars of this story, however, including the collapse upon existing, the fact that she was set through a second time, the lawsuit, and the medical cause of death, are in fact confirmed.
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
A few years back, this linkhttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/busine... removed, likely from legal pressure via WMD or a payout) revealed:
Disney report explains death on Space Mountain – Orlando Sentinel.com
Disney report explains death
A 73-year-old man with a heart condition died 3 days after riding Space Mountain in December.
Scott Powers | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted January 30, 2007
A man who died three days after losing consciousness on Space Mountain at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in December succumbed to natural causes, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
The incident was among six serious injuries or illnesses outlined by Walt Disney World in quarterly reports filed recently with the state Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection for the fourth quarter of 2006.
The report stated that a 73-year-old man was “unresponsive” after riding Space Mountain on the afternoon of Dec. 12, and died three days later “due to a heart condition.” The report did not identify him.
Steve Hanson, chief investigator with the Medical Examiner’s Office for Orange and Osceola counties, said Monday he was aware of the death but that it was not referred to that office because it was clearly due to natural causes.
Disney spokesman Jacob DiPietre said the company extended deep sympathy to the family and offered all possible assistance.
Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando, Wet ‘n Wild and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay reported no serious injuries or illnesses on rides in their fourth-quarter filings.
The other incidents reported by Disney involved a broken foot at Mayday Falls, a broken pelvis at Test Track, a seizure at Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, and two people who reported prolonged illness, one after riding Mission: Space and the other after Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster.
In a previous matter involving Mission: Space, Walt Disney World and the family of a 4-year-old boy who died in June 2005 settled a lawsuit the family had filed alleging wrongful death.
Circuit Judge George Sprinkel of Orange County approved the settlement on Jan. 11. No details were disclosed, except that each side would pay its own legal and court fees. Disney spokesman DiPietre and Robert Samartin of Tampa, an attorney representing the family of Daudi Bamuwamye would not comment. (Source – http://micechat.com/forums/news/52428... )
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Space Mountain Injuries at Walt Disney World, Negligence and Safety Violations at Disney World's Magic Kingdom
My wife and I were injured by the Space Mountain ride at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in 2012 (August) and both went the infirmary immediately after the ride to lay down. Interestingly one of the male nurses at the infirmary told us one other lady was there after having ridden Space Mountain too and the male nurse informed us Space Mountain had just recently reopened after repairs (due to some problems).
The claims department at Walt Disney World has been ignoring me and my wife regarding this for nearly 3 years now (probably hoping the statute of limitations will expire).
Nevertheless we both have annual passes at Walt Disney World being Florida residents who frequent the park with our one-year-old daughter, but will never ride Space Mountain again. To this day my wife complains of a foggy brain and slower mental capacities since the ride (and she actually loves roller coasters and Space Mountain is mild compared to Universal Studies), except when on a warped track and shaking the living hell out of those riding it (like being on a warped bicycle tire at neck break speed as was our experience).
I warn others and document my incident AND the history of Space Mountain injuries below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NXGt... - video describing the incident at Walt Disney World
http://paulfdavis.com/wordpress/space...
Space Mountain Safety Concerns – Space Mountain Head Injury – Space Mountain Back Injury – Space Mountain Death
I and my wife both suffered a Space Mountain head injury and Space Mountain back injury – not sure if that is a signature injury for Space Mountain guests historically? LOL But undoubtedly Space mountain safety should be an ongoing concern for Walt Disney World.
The best way I can describe the Space Mountain experience on August 19th, 2012 is like riding on a warped tire on a bicycle, except this was a roller coaster moving down what felt like was a warped track as our heads were shaking and backs being thrashed during the journey. It is very odd since never before (and I’ve rode Space Mountain so many times) have I felt such a rough ride on Space Mountain.
Please allow me to share my story, years of experience with Walt Disney (also a former employee), and some recently discovered findings from my research.
According to http://thesurvivalguidetoeverydaylife...# – ’26 people have been killed by the ginormous, rocky hands of Space Mountain since it was created to fool Walt Disney into thinking he actually traveled into space.’
New Space Mountain head and back injuries to former Disney World employee. Space Mountain safety concerns – Space Mountain head injuries – Space Mountain back injuries – Space Mountain death details and history.
On May 21, 2011 an Orlando Sentinel article read: Disney’s Space Mountain shut down after woman found unconscious
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2... The small article stated: ‘Walt Disney World shut down its popular Space Mountain attraction for inspections Saturday after a woman was found unconscious at the end of the ride. It was unclear whether the ride would reopen for Magic Kingdom guests today. The 48-year-old woman fell unconscious about 9a.m., according to Andrea Finger, a Disney spokeswoman. Reedy Creek Fire Rescue, which handles medical emergencies for Disney’s parks, transported her to Dr. P. Phillips Hospital on Turkey Lake Road.’
Having been raised by my U.S. Army retired Lt. Colonel grandfather who I saw in his latter years die after suffering a head injury, I take head injuries very seriously. Pop-Pop fell at the Cumberland Farms in Orlando, FL during which he hit his head. I visited him at the ER and we talked that evening. Yet at 2am Pop-Pop had a stroke and never would be able to talk again. Had I known that was the last conversation I would ever have with Pop-Pop I would have stayed the whole night with him at the ER, but he repeatedly insisted I go home and get some sleep.
As someone who grew up in Orlando and has visited Disney World frequently throughout my life (including had my first kiss with my wife there), I love the theme parks and the many world class attractions. I was saddened however when I saw the trash at various rides and a few rude park attendants, showing me a decline in Disney standards. Even the construction where Dumbo’s flight and the 2,000 League’s Under the Sea used to be filled the air near Winnie the Pooh with unhealthy toxic chemicals.
The shuttle trollies to and from the parking lot spewing carbon monoxide on guests seated behind also troubled me. Yet somehow I was willing to overlook all of this and just have a fun day at Disney, until the Space Mountain injuries occurred to me AND my beloved wife.
‘With the closure of Cypress Gardens in 2009, Space Mountain is the oldest operating roller coaster in the state of Florida.’ (Source –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Mo... For more than 2 years Space Mountain in California’s Disneyland was under renovation. Space Mountain reopened on July 15, 2005 in Disneyland.
Disney World Space Mountain renovations were intended to replace the track according tohttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html..., a Disney theme park fanatic, doesn’t like ‘the new sound system they installed on Space Mountain at the Magic Kingdom’ –
http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspe... of the other rides and coasters Space Mountain is having to compete with at other Orlando amusement parks (due to pressure from Disney executives) –
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html...– don’t warrant Space Mountain safety being compromised to turn up the speed on a ride never intended to go that fast built for smaller children and families.
Imagineer Chrissie Allen has participated in ‘dozens of test flights’ on Space Mountain, Chrissie having worked on the refurbished Space Mountain to improve the attraction that had been in operation for nearly 25 years. (Source –http://disney.go.com/disneyinsider/in... )
Among the items Chrissie was involved in helping spruce up at Space Mountain were a new mezzanine, plantings, a landing strip and corridor (Ibid).
Space Mountain was closed for refurbishment on April 19, 2009. The newly updated version of the attraction was officially re-opened to the public on November 22, 2009.
Tina T. (Newport Beach, California) got sick from riding Space Mountain and Kaileen Y. of Honolulu, Hawaii wrote Space Mountain gave her a queasy stomach. Kaileen writes: ‘of all the roller coasters I’ve been on in my life…this was the one that finally got to me. …I got discombobulated & really dizzy. About half way through, I just wanted it to be over already…my body couldn’t take much of it anymore.’ (Source -http://www.yelp.com/biz/space-mountai... )
This is a good characterization in part of my experience on the new Space Mountain, as I felt it was faster and much rougher than the ride I grew up on being a native Orlando, Floridian who has been on Space Mountain more times than I can count. Heck, I even dated Cinderella while working at Disney World one summer and working as a bus boy in Cinderella’s Palace.
At the end of the ride on Space Mountain, my wife looked back at me and gave me a pitiful look. I thought she was upset that I didn’t ride in same Space Mountain car as her (mine being directly behind her but connected to her Space Mountain car). Then my roller coaster loving wife revealed she felt ill and halfway through Space Mountain (like Kaileen from Hawaii) just wanted the ride to be over.
My experience of the new Space Mountain was the same, but I must also add the entrance was not clean as water and coke bottles were inside on the walkway leading up to the ride. The ride attendants were yelling and barking at guests to “Stand behind the yellow line” before we were divided and told to go left and right. John, an Indian or Latino looking guy (my ride attendant), was rough, wanting to push the t-bar as far down on my penis as he possibly could. I give him credit for being insistent, but John was rude in doing so. “Move your hands!” Alrighty then! So I moved my hands, got the t-bar forced down between and atop my legs very snug (see images below) and then the Space Mountain ride from hell began.
Again I was expecting the same old Space Mountain I grew up on, knowing some of the signature turns from my many rides previously taken. But this new Space Mountain was not smooth, very rough, shaky and jarring. I felt my back being thrashed and my head shaken about from side to side. I was quite surprised, disturbed and left in pain afterward.
My wife and I spoke to Steven (from Indiana) about 3pm following our 2:45pm ride on Space Mountain. Steven was a polite gentleman working outside at the entrance to Space Mountain. Steven advised us to go to City Hall to report our experience on Space Mountain assuring us Disney World wants to know what we think and feel about the ride.
After reporting our Space Mountain experience to City Hall, we were advised we could go to First Aid to get some ice. We did so and were quite pleased with the facility, caring attendants, nurses and staff. Bill was very kind and led us to two beds where we laid down while we iced our backs and heads. No paramedics were offered or involved.
Bill also mentioned that Space Mountain had been newly renovated and that there was another lady in the First Aid with us also because of Space Mountain. This made me feel a bit better about my masculinity after being tossed and turned about at Space Mountain – something I’ve always felt to be a children’s ride without much speed or anything overly thrilling (after having been to Universal Studios and Bush Gardens numerous times).
Yet my August, 2012 Space Mountain experience proved otherwise, leaving me with lower back pain and a wicked throbbing head that was felt all over even down to my neck.
Apparently I am not alone when it comes to injuries occurring at Walt Disney World on rides. WDWHound at http://www.disboards.com/showthread.p... states below:
‘The investigations of the BTM accident showed a lack of training and improper maintenance as the cause. The death of a guest on the Columbia Dock a few years ago was shown to be the result of a lack of training for one cast member involved. The Space Mountain injuries when a coaster car derailed a few years back were shown to be from a lack of maintenance. There were litterally no accidents that could be traced to improper maintenance or training prior to Eisner’s cutbacks. I believe there is enough evidence to at least reasonably agrue my position.’
Apparently former CEO Michael Eisner had some serious cutbacks at Walt Disney World that jeopardized guest safety.
Disney appears to be taking some financial losses and experience a decline in its share valuations: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/192... Yet with Disney CEO Bob Iger pay package valued at $28 million, up 30 percent, I don’t think asking for courteous employees, a tidy park, clean air and safe rides is too much to ask.
[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html...]
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
MickeyMania writes about Space Mountain: ‘The closest thing to a head chopper or hand chopper was the old Space Mountain, and when they originally built that they tried to make it go as fast as they can put on every Cast Member that was over 200lbs. Every big person at the park they could get was loaded into sleds together, and nobody clipped anything.’
AmyArgh writes about Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: ‘I’m only 5’9″, but there are parts of Big Thunder where I always put my hands down, because I’m sure they’ll go flying off, or at least I’ll break all of my fingers.’
bmac4212 writes on Space Mountain: ‘I used to work on Space Mountain and there is really no way you can hit your hands on anything when you lift them straight up. However, you could hit stuff, if you have a long enough reach, and put them to the side.’
RobotMirror writes about Space Mountain: ‘And yet… people HAVE been injured on Space Mountain, and the Matterhorn, and have even died because of it. I don’t think any imagineer can take into account all differences in height, weight, or specific circumstances for all rides. …I didn’t say that people died on Space Mountain. I said they’ve been injured on Space Mountain, and have died on the matterhorn.’
RobotMirror cites the Orlando Sentinel among other sources (the paper appears to have pulled the article, likely from pressure or payoff by Walt Disney World to do so) stating the following concerning Disney rides and Space Mountain safety:
‘Space Mountain injuries:
A guest of WDW occupied a rocket car on 09/10/98 within space mountain. When he got on the ride he was a healthy male who worked as a doctor. At the end of the ride he was discovered slumped over in the rocket car unconcsious suffering from a laceration and contusion to the head. The police were called due to the seriousness of his injuries and the ride was closed. An investigation of the inside of the ride revealed that there were at least two items which were believed to have fallen out of cars while guests rode the ride and fell from the tracks through the ride and ending up on the floor of the structure. Disney employees walk the floor of the ride on a daily basis and find items which were not appropriately secured by patrons and fall out of the cars while the ride is in operation. The force of the accident caused the park guest’s new sneakers to be almost ripped apart at the seams. The patron was taken to the local trauma center via helicopter and while released after a period he is now suffering paralysis to his left arm, pain in his legs, brain damage, memory loss. The individual is represented by David Fussell of Horwitz and Fussell, P.A. Orlando, Florida
For more information about this incident, visit http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busine...
31 Jul 2000 A wheel-support arm breaks on Space Mountain, inflicting a sprained foot on one guest and bruises on eight others, as their car derails and skids to abrupt halt.
Matterhorn (From Snopes):
May 1964: Mark Maples, a 15-year-old Long Beach, CA, resident, was killed when he tried to stand up on the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Maples (or his companion) foolishly unbuckled his seatbeat and attempted to stand up as their bobsled neared the peak of the mountain. Maples lost his balance and was thrown from the sled to the track below, fracturing his skull and ribs and causing internal injuries. He died three days later.
3 January 1984: Dolly Regene Young, a 48-year-old Fremont, CA, resident, was killed on the Matterhorn in an incident remarkably similar to the first Disneyland guest death nearly twenty years earlier. About two-thirds of the way down the mountain Young was thrown from her seat into the path of an oncoming bobsled, her head and chest becoming pinned beneath its wheels. An examination of Young’s sled revealed that her seatbelt was not fastened at the time of the accident, but because she was riding alone in the rear car of a sled no one could determine whether or not she had deliberately unfastened her belt.’
As for allegations about people being just plain stupid and getting hurt (which we all acknowledge), RobotMirror adds:
‘…Except for the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad incident, and also the Columbia death, and ARGUABLY the Hyperion Theater death, the Alice in Wonderland Injury, the Space Mountain injuries, the Dumbo ride injury, the earlier Big Thunder Mountain injury, perhaps the Indiana Jones ride injuries (who knows – the settlement was confidential in both cases), and of course the America Sings death.
Those people probably didn’t do anything “stupid” other than show up.’
GrouchyRob writes about Space Mountain deaths: ‘It happened right after they added the loops – the people fell out at the top. That is why neither ride has one now but there is talk of putting the loops back in.’
Beyond Space Mountain safety concerns, apparently Disneyland in California recently took some added measures to improve their ride safety at Luigi’s Flying Tires because Disney thought the beach balls were slowing down lines en route to the ride.
‘According to California Adventure’s vice president Mary Niven, there were also a few “minor incidents” of people getting hit by the balls. She said, “We just thought it was going to be more fun.”‘ (Full story at –
http://www.wdwinfo.com/news/disneylan... )
Wikipedia says of Walt Disney World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident... ) below:
Several people have died or been injured while riding attractions at Walt Disney World theme parks. Since 2001, Disney has been required to report incidents to state authorities. For example, from the first quarter of 2005 to the first quarter of 2006, Disney reported four deaths and nineteen injuries at its Florida parks.
The term incidents refers to major accidents, injuries, deaths and significant crimes. While these incidents are required to be reported to regulatory authorities for investigation, attraction-related incidents usually fall into one of the following categories:
• Negligence on the part of the park, either by ride operator or maintenance.
• Caused by negligence on the part of the guest. This can be refusal to follow specific ride safety instructions, or deliberate intent to break park rules.
• The result of a guest’s known or unknown health issues.
• Act of God or a generic accident (e.g. slipping and falling) that is not a direct result of an action on anyone’s part.
According to a 1985 Time magazine article, nearly 100 lawsuits are filed against Disney each year for various incidents.
Space Mountain in Paris, France looks way different and safer by the looks of this video below, whereon riders have shoulder straps to hold them in, unlike the Space Mountain at Disney World (Orlando, Florida) where riders have a t-bar pushed in between and above their legs (as I experienced Sunday August 19, 2012).
Video of Space Mountain in the USA- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXPFgt...
Video of Space Mountain in France – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3Npd... If you have any information about Space Mountain safety concerns – Space Mountain head injury situations similar to ours – Space Mountain back injury occurrences similar to ours – or know of any Space Mountain deaths beyond what was mentioned here… please write (info@PaulFDavis.com) and let us know.
A few people have written on various forums:
To read more about the deaths at Disneyland, I suggest that you check out Snoops, the Urban Legends site (however the link appears dead for whatever reason).
http://www.snopes.com/disney/parks/de...
Beyond other injuries at Space Mountain wikipedia mentions the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incident... Obviously many people love Space Mountain as I have for years, many of the positive reviews here:http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/s... More Space Mountain facts, figures and trivia (including a Space Mountain clone at Parque de diversiones Divertido in Mexico) here:
http://ultimateorlando.blogspot.com/2... slave labor also remains a problem with Walt Disney World corporation:http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.ph... A Disney Cruise recently was reported for having Disney Crew members on the ship snorting cocaine and having wild sex. Not the kind of ship families want to take their kids on!
http://www.people.co.uk/news/uk-world... http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-ne...#
http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2012/08/... One of my favorite Disney testimonials to show some love for all the hardworking and goodhearted Disney employees – http://allears.net/ae/ae.htm :
Sam Nichols: My 10-year-old daughter and I were boarding Space Mountain from the Fastpass line and a cast member was directing us as to where to go. She turned toward Kelsey and said. “Right this way, princess.” This had not been the first time that day that a cast member said something like this. Kelsey looked at me with her eyes as big as they could get and whispered, “Mom, everyone’s calling me a princess!” She was in complete wonder over this. It brought tears to my eyes that day and every time I think about it. It is the small things that make Disney the magical place it is that can make a little girl feel so special.
The Space Mountain death by decapitation is at:
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/revie...
http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/... DataMeister on the death at Big Thunder Mountain railroad when the train derailed:
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland... ‘A car derailed as it was coming around a corner, if I remember correctly, and a man in his 20s was crushed. I think it was blamed on improper maintenance, and itdid take place during a time when Disney was less meticulous about…well, everything.’
Flynnibus reports: ‘The upwheel assembly (the wheels underneth the track on the train) worked loose because it was not secured completely because the train was not repaired properly but the paperwork said it was. When the upwheel assembly worked loose, it eventually struck brake assemblies along the track causing the lead engine car to jump off the track and eventually lodge itself against a brake assembly and the cars behind the engine slammed into the engine itself. The front most car crushed against the rear of the engine, causing fatal injuries to one of the two people in the lead car because the front edge of the car crushed backwards into them.’
MammaSilva at http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showt... makes a good point about how Disney can skirt around calling deaths caused by Disney negligence deaths:
‘I don’t know if there is a ‘disney rule” but in general only a certified MD can declare a person dead and since on most emergencies only paramedics/EMT’s or nurses are on hand regardless of the ‘status’ the person isn’t officially declared dead until they arrive at the hospital..hence the term DOA … dead on arrival….even when the EMT’s or paramedics know that person is in fact dead they can’t ‘call it’….’
As for the Space Mountain death, read the following below:
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
These attorneys were likely involved in the lawsuit since they at one time created this web link but since have taken it down (following a settlement):
http://www.aitkenlaw.com/verdicts_set...
Legal report - http://www.scribd.com/doc/3365918/Big...
MiceChat Investigation: The 1979 Space Mountain Death
For years now, a persistent story about a death on Disneyland’s Space Mountain has popped in and out of various internet sites. Wikipedia lists the death of Sherill Anne Hoffman in 1979, but so do other sites containing the chronology of Disneyland, and other sites such as DLDhistory.com or other lists of internet “deaths” at Disneyland.
Curiously, all of them repeat, almost verbatim, the exact same story, worded as follows:
“In 1979, Sherrill Anne Hoffman boarded Space Mountain, an indoor rollercoaster ride, after ignoring the signs warning guests with any medical conditions to bypass the ride. During the ride, she got sick and when her rocket vehicle reached the unloading area, she was unable to get out of the vehicle. Employees told her to stay in her rocket and that her rocket would be removed from the track. Unfortunately, other ride attendants didn’t understand these instructions, and sent Hoffman’s vehicle on another three-minute go-round. By the end of the second trip, she was almost unconscious. She was carried to a bench and then transported in a wheelchair to First Aid. Her husband was told not to worry and that she had only fainted. When her condition did not improve, he insisted that she be taken to a hospital. She was taken to the hospital where she remained in a coma for a week and then died. It was later revealed that she had a tumor in her heart. It was possible that the ride dislodged it, and it entered her brain and killed her. Her husband tried to sue the park, convinced that the second Space Mountain trip broke the tumor free and that the park declined to properly or quickly care for her. The case was eventually dismissed.[citation needed]”
The quote above is from Wikipedia’s entry, but all of them are similar, down to the opinions and wording about this death. Note, also, Wikipedia’s “citation needed”, showing a lack of corroboration, at least, and a lack of authority, at best, for this incident.
Even here, on micechat, there seems to be some confusion as to the truth of the information about this death. This thread, and also, separately, this thread, has posters with some confusion about this death, with statements like:
Quote:
Does anyone know if this is true? The list of park deaths (on Snopes and elsewhere) does not seem to list this one. Even the wording of this paragraph is rather poor it says that she “ignored” signs then it explains that she had an undiagnosed condition. Has anyone heard of this one before?
Localdisnyfan offered a source material for this death, naming the 1994 MouseTales by David Koenig:
Quote:
Originally Posted by localdisnyfan
Sorry….should have thought of this earlier. Koening cites the articles in his notes at the back of the book.
OC Register, 8-19-79. 1-24-80.
Not a legend, apparently. I’m thinking the wording in the Wikipedia article was lifted either from Koening or the OC Register.
And then this — a direct challenge from Uzmati, stating:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Uzmati
I’ve e-mailed Snopes about this “death”. I’ve asked here on the boards. I even emailed the OC Register. No one seems to know anything about this “incident” except that it shows up in some “Disney Death” lists.
The odd thing to me is that the report of Sherrill Anne Hoffman’s death is always the same basic blurb on every web page I’ve found it on. Like someone wrote it and everyone else just cut, copy and pasted the story around the net. I’d like to know if it’s true but I do know that nobody, so far, has been able to offer anymore to her story other than that one paragraph. Considering the amount of information and the ease with which you can find it about Deborah Gail Stone, Phi Dawson or Marcelo Torres I find it odd Sherrill Anne’s mention is never anything more than the same one basic paragraph.
I file her under Disney Urban Legend myself until we have more information.
I KNOW …maybe if we ask nice Frogberto and his Mice Club: Mice chat Skeptics Club (“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof”© can help us run down some info on Sherrill Anne and her unfortunate “Disney Demise” or put this urban legend to rest once and for all.
Wow. The challenge was thrown to me. And how can I miss an opportunity to find out what really happened? In my investigation of this incident, I visited the offices of the Orange County Register, the Orange County Library, the Orange County Courthouse, and called the Orange County Coroner’s Office, and did research with the State Bar of California, to get further information. I think that I can conclusively bust part of the details of what was reported regarding this “myth”, confirm a large part of what was reported, and help provide the details here about what really happened.
I started at the Orange County Register. The two articles, in 1979 and 1980, did not appear in the Register’s online archives, and, although they were nice about it, they did not have an archive for the public to search older articles.
I then visited a regional branch of the Orange County Library. The first citation listed was from August 19, 1979, which I located. Although I went through every page of that newspaper several times, there was no mention of the death at all in that issue as part of the news. As a Sunday edition, there were comics, the TV guide, special sections for real estate, travel, fashion, and wedding announcements, but the funeral notices, which the newspaper stated were on I9, appeared to be missing from the library’s copy of the newspaper. My first thought was that perhaps this appeared as part of a short funeral notice on page I9, but as I later found out, Mrs. Hoffman was not dead yet, so it was impossible for news of her death to have appeared on this date.
The article dated January 24, 1980, I found immediately. I’ve copied the article, and once scanned, I will post it or email it to anyone that wants to see it directly, but it stated the following, in its entirety:
“DISNEYLAND MUM ON NEGLIGENCE SUIT
SANTA ANA — Disneyland officials Wednesday had no comment on a Superior Court lawsuit filed on behalf of the family of a woman who died last August following a fide on the amusement park’s Space Mountain rollercoaster.
Sherill Anne Hoffman lapsed into unconsciousness while on the ride Aug. 14 and died at Palm Harbor Hospital seven days later, an attorney for the family, Marvin Burton, said.
The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, alleges negligence against Disneyland ride operators because the woman was sent through the ride a second time when she collapsed while exiting the rollercoaster after it came to a stop.
Ride operators intended to sidetrack the car Mrs. Sherill was in so she could receive medical attention, Burton said, but for some reason she was taken through the ride again.
The lawsuit blames the woman’s death on “forces placed upon her body by action of the amusement ride,” while the second ride through the attraction “gravely increased” her injuries.
Disneyland attorney Michale McCray declined comment, but cited a county coroner’s report that Mrs. Hoffman died of natural causes after a portion of a heart tumor dislodged and traveled to the woman’s brain.
Ronald Eugene Hoffman Sr., and his two children, Ronald Jr. and Lisa Marie, are seeking an unspecified amount of general damages and compensation for medical and legal expenses, as well as recovery for loss of income.
Their lawsuit also contends that Mrs. Hoffman was given “below-standard” medical treatment at the amusement park dispensary, where she was taken before being transferred to Palm Harbor.
Burton said there was no licensed doctor available at the dispensary.”
The article appearing below the Hoffman article was also interesting -
“D’LAND WINS ‘SMALL WORLD’ CRASH LAWSUIT. SANTA ANA — A superior Court jury has decided a couple who claimed injuries stemming from a 1974 Easter Day mishap on Disneyland’s “Small World” amusement ride are not entitled to damages. Jesse and Rachel Mercado were saking [sic] $142,000 in damages for the incident…”
(First, let me note to the Register, shame on you for so many typos – It’s Mrs. Hoffman, not “Mrs. Sherill”, it’s “Michael”, not “Michale”, “Superior” court is captalized, and it’s “seeking” damages, not “saking”).
This reveals that the incident occurred on August 14, 1979, and that Mrs. Hoffman passed away seven days later, on August 21, 1979. The August 19, 1979 date mentioned by Koenig would be too early for any mention of a “death at Disneyland”, (or to have appeared in the funeral notices), and as I mentioned, that issue makes no mention of the incident at all.
More importantly, a lot of the particulars of this reported incident would seem to be confirmed. She apparently “collapsed while exiting the roller coaster”, and, even though “ride operators intended to sidetrack the car” she was in, she was, in fact, sent on a second ride through the coaster while unconscious.
We also learn that there is a coroner’s report that concluded that Mrs. Hoffman died of natural causes after a portion of a heart tumor dislodged and travelled to her brain. (A medical condition known as atrial myxoma).
Unlike the implications of the quotes by Koenig, however, a large part of the lawsuit alleged that the negligence on the part of Disneyland was the failure to follow the standard of medical care by not having a doctor or medical treatment available at the park when this happened.
In my attempts to find out what happened to the lawsuit brought by Ronald Hoffman and his two children, I visited the Orange County Courthouse. This case is too old to be listed in their computer database, but the paper indexes show that this case ended by a request for dismissal filing by the plaintiff. That doesn’t mean much, however, because when a case settles, even if for a large sum of money, it’s typical for a condition of the settlement to include the plaintiff filing a dismissal of the case upon receipt of the check. The courthouse stated that they could have obtained copies of the documents, if still available in storage, for a fee.
When I contacted the Coroner’s office, they also indicated that they doubted that they would have the coroner’s report, although it was possible. There is a case here in California holding that “[a]n autopsy report is a record that the coroner is required to keep and is therefore a public record which a citizen may inspect.” Walker v. Superior Court, 155 Cal. App. 2d 134, 139 (1957). Some records are only available with a court order, but the coroner’s office is able to charge a fee, and I’m not sure that the report would add anything to the Register’s report on the cause of death.
I also attempted to contact the plaintiff’s attorney, Marvin Burton, who I found out has moved to Reno, Nevada, and hast not been a member of the California Bar. Likewise, Michael McCray (erroneously named as “Michale” in the Register’s story), is listed by the bar as deceased.
Conclusion: This wouldn’t appear to be a “death at Disneyland” under any of the normal criteria. Because an unknown medical condition (legally, an “intervening and superceding event” by any measure) was the cause of death, failure to follow warning signs isn’t even relevant, and it was pure coincidence that Mrs. Hoffman became unconscious while exiting the ride. It’s likely that, even if Disneyland was negligent by sending her through a second time, when they intended to sidetrack the car she was in, considering the lack of a showing that anything Disneyland did caused the death, and proof problems against Disneyland, and, as the second article above shows, the unwillingness of juries in Orange County to find Disneyland liable for anything but fun, my best guess is that this case settled for a lower amount than plaintiffs might have liked (my opinion only), and that Disneyland didn’t want the expensive precedent of a finding that the standard of care for their park now might include having a doctor and emergency room equipment on staff.
So, in the language of the Mythbusters, you can consider the cite from Koenig to an article dated 8-19-79 to be busted, the failure of her to read warning signs to be complete speculations (and irrelevant), and the cause of death not likely due to anything Disneyland did.
Most of the particulars of this story, however, including the collapse upon existing, the fact that she was set through a second time, the lawsuit, and the medical cause of death, are in fact confirmed.
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland...
A few years back, this linkhttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/busine... removed, likely from legal pressure via WMD or a payout) revealed:
Disney report explains death on Space Mountain – Orlando Sentinel.com
Disney report explains death
A 73-year-old man with a heart condition died 3 days after riding Space Mountain in December.
Scott Powers | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted January 30, 2007
A man who died three days after losing consciousness on Space Mountain at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in December succumbed to natural causes, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
The incident was among six serious injuries or illnesses outlined by Walt Disney World in quarterly reports filed recently with the state Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection for the fourth quarter of 2006.
The report stated that a 73-year-old man was “unresponsive” after riding Space Mountain on the afternoon of Dec. 12, and died three days later “due to a heart condition.” The report did not identify him.
Steve Hanson, chief investigator with the Medical Examiner’s Office for Orange and Osceola counties, said Monday he was aware of the death but that it was not referred to that office because it was clearly due to natural causes.
Disney spokesman Jacob DiPietre said the company extended deep sympathy to the family and offered all possible assistance.
Universal Orlando, SeaWorld Orlando, Wet ‘n Wild and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay reported no serious injuries or illnesses on rides in their fourth-quarter filings.
The other incidents reported by Disney involved a broken foot at Mayday Falls, a broken pelvis at Test Track, a seizure at Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, and two people who reported prolonged illness, one after riding Mission: Space and the other after Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster.
In a previous matter involving Mission: Space, Walt Disney World and the family of a 4-year-old boy who died in June 2005 settled a lawsuit the family had filed alleging wrongful death.
Circuit Judge George Sprinkel of Orange County approved the settlement on Jan. 11. No details were disclosed, except that each side would pay its own legal and court fees. Disney spokesman DiPietre and Robert Samartin of Tampa, an attorney representing the family of Daudi Bamuwamye would not comment. (Source – http://micechat.com/forums/news/52428... )
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The Future of Food: GMOs, Bogus Science, Agroterrorism and Regulatory Reform - http://amzn.to/17TbqMZ
Paul has earned 2 Master degrees in Global Food Law (Michigan State College of Law), Global Affairs (New York University) and is nearing completion of a 3rd Master degree online in Health (University of Alabama).
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
Space Mountain Injuries at Walt Disney World, Negligence and Safety Violations at Disney World's Magic Kingdom
February 10, 2015
Corporate Social Responsibility Failure Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group
Corporate Social Responsibility Failure Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group
Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group are very skillful at ignoring injured customers who get hurt on their premises. My ankle injury occurred in early December, 2013 and Brixmor Property Group and Chipotle continue to ignore me and attempt to hide behind Claims Adjuster Companies by the names of Chubb and GBTPA (Gallagher Bassett) unethical companies who further delay and aggravate the process of injured people being cared for and compensated by multi-billion dollar companies like Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group.
I don't know how Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group employees sleep at night or look at themselves in the mirror with a clean conscience daily? Among those I have dealt with and been ignored by thus far at these companies where corporate social responsibility is nonexistent include:
- Joyce Macchi (Brixmor)
- Patricia Hannon (Brixmor)
- Patricia Mann (Chipotle)
- Maureen Manjuck (Brixmor)
- Kristina Angus (Brixmor)
- K. McClelland (Chubb)
- Jeanne McKenna (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
- Krista Greene (Gallagher Bassett)
- Jeffrey Keller (Gallagher Bassett)
- John Brett (Gallagher Bassett)
- Jenine Padula (Gallagher Bassett)
One of the skillful and unethical methods of Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group when dealing with injured people is to outsource their claims (make the injuries worse and more aggravating, time-consuming, and painful to save these billion dollar companies a few bucks in hopes the injured people will disappear and get weary of the evil process they are subjected to) to more evil companies focusing specifically on claims adjusting (attempting to downgrade, deny, disregard, and do away with the injuries to save billion dollar companies money).
Another clever scheme of Chipotle and Brixmor is to involve several claims adjusters, have claims adjusters removed from the file and replaced with new claims adjusters (as a delay, stalling tactic to confuse injured people and supposedly require the case to be looked at all over again to buy time and delay billion dollar companies like Chipotle and Brixmor from having to make pay the injured person anything - though the companies themselves don't pay but simply have their insurer do so).
Chasing one rabbit can be hard enough. Chasing a whole soccer team of claims adjusters bouncing the injured person around like a soccer ball is very exhausting and demoralizing. This is what Chipotle, Brixmor Property Group, Chubb Services and GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett are exceptional at doing to delay the process and hopefully stall paying any claim until after the statute of limitations has passed (to keep the money in the billionaire corporations pockets and ignore injured people). Paperwork injured people to death, deny any claim, bring forth an entire team of claims adjusters (rotate them in and out), and in so doing exhaust, weary, and hopeful drive away any injured people from pursuing a claim. These are the unscrupulous business practices of Chipotle, Brixmor Property Group, Chubb Services and GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett that cause them to make the world's worst corporate social responsibility violators list.
What Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group however have failed to account for is their need of public approval because they are in the PEOPLE BUSINESS, Chipotle being in the restaurant business and Brixmor Property Group property management and real estate.
Therefore to shun corporate social responsibility and a duty of care to protect people on their premises and prevent injury is grossly negligent. To ignore a duty of care and compensation when the odd person gets hurt on their premises is evil, unethical, heinous and a gross violation of corporate social responsibility (but at the same time a good indicator as to how the companies are truly run and what is most important to them).
For Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group they have clearly shown me profits are far more important than people. People therefore who patronize and do business with these companies (directly or indirectly) therefore need to be forewarned and well aware of their disregard toward corporate social responsibility.
It has been 14 months since I tripped on a poorly lit entrance curb and fractured my ankle at Chipotle (which a manager at Chipotle on duty confirmed is a repeat and ongoing occurrence) and still no phone call to see how I am doing physically, neither an offer to compensate me for my ongoing expenses, nor any offer of a settlement for my injuries (instead I have to chase and pursue Chipotle, Brixmor, and their agents who hide behind phone voice mail and answer machines).
An image of the entrance and description of the incident is here (showing how when people park on the left side of the building it is significantly darker when approaching the Chipotle entrance and increases the probability of tripping over a curb that rises in elevation on an angle in an unusual way as you near the building): http://paulfdavis.com/wordpress/corpo...
The Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group corporate social responsibility failures and disregard of injured people on their premises continues. Today I write these two companies again (documenting the same below seeking restitution).
2-10-2015
Dear Ms. Jeanne McKenna,
As you know I have been extremely patient waiting for a settlement offer for my injuries incurred at Chipotle (E Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL) December 2013. You, Joyce Macchi, Patricia Hannon, Patti Mann, Maureen Manjuck, Kristina Angus, K McClelland, GBTPA, Brixmore, Chubb, and Chipotle have all showed yourselves to be extremely heartless and disinterested in my injuries sustained, the out of pocket expenses incurred (and ongoing) to purchase health supplements to attend to my ankle injury (it foundationally effecting my knee, bones, structural stability and entire body ... not to mention ability to play with my one year old daughter).
I take the following for my bones:
- Bone Builder (Ethical Nutrients)
- Magnesium Glycinate
- EDTA (pulls metals from bones)
- MSM for connective tissue
- L-Methionine (for joint health)
- Vitamin D drops
These supplements are not cheap and are quite costly. My grandparents lived to be 84 y/o (and both drank alcohol which I do not). Taking these supplements from the time of injury (Dec.2013) and for the next 40 years of my life shall be expensive and what I demand a settlement from Chipotle/Brixmore/Chubb/GBPTA (whoever you want to call yourselves) in full to cover, along with compensation for my pain, suffering and time lost from work to deal with this aggravation while being ignored by all of you.
I refuse to be silent and ignored.
Paul F. Davis - longtime patron of Chipotle restaurants and fan of their food, author of "The Future of Food" (volumes 1 & 2) http://amzn.to/HVYxX0
Corporate Social Responsibility Failure Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group
Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group are very skillful at ignoring injured customers who get hurt on their premises. My ankle injury occurred in early December, 2013 and Brixmor Property Group and Chipotle continue to ignore me and attempt to hide behind Claims Adjuster Companies by the names of Chubb and GBTPA (Gallagher Bassett) unethical companies who further delay and aggravate the process of injured people being cared for and compensated by multi-billion dollar companies like Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group.
I don't know how Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group employees sleep at night or look at themselves in the mirror with a clean conscience daily? Among those I have dealt with and been ignored by thus far at these companies where corporate social responsibility is nonexistent include:
- Joyce Macchi (Brixmor)
- Patricia Hannon (Brixmor)
- Patricia Mann (Chipotle)
- Maureen Manjuck (Brixmor)
- Kristina Angus (Brixmor)
- K. McClelland (Chubb)
- Jeanne McKenna (GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett)
- Krista Greene (Gallagher Bassett)
- Jeffrey Keller (Gallagher Bassett)
- John Brett (Gallagher Bassett)
- Jenine Padula (Gallagher Bassett)
One of the skillful and unethical methods of Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group when dealing with injured people is to outsource their claims (make the injuries worse and more aggravating, time-consuming, and painful to save these billion dollar companies a few bucks in hopes the injured people will disappear and get weary of the evil process they are subjected to) to more evil companies focusing specifically on claims adjusting (attempting to downgrade, deny, disregard, and do away with the injuries to save billion dollar companies money).
Another clever scheme of Chipotle and Brixmor is to involve several claims adjusters, have claims adjusters removed from the file and replaced with new claims adjusters (as a delay, stalling tactic to confuse injured people and supposedly require the case to be looked at all over again to buy time and delay billion dollar companies like Chipotle and Brixmor from having to make pay the injured person anything - though the companies themselves don't pay but simply have their insurer do so).
Chasing one rabbit can be hard enough. Chasing a whole soccer team of claims adjusters bouncing the injured person around like a soccer ball is very exhausting and demoralizing. This is what Chipotle, Brixmor Property Group, Chubb Services and GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett are exceptional at doing to delay the process and hopefully stall paying any claim until after the statute of limitations has passed (to keep the money in the billionaire corporations pockets and ignore injured people). Paperwork injured people to death, deny any claim, bring forth an entire team of claims adjusters (rotate them in and out), and in so doing exhaust, weary, and hopeful drive away any injured people from pursuing a claim. These are the unscrupulous business practices of Chipotle, Brixmor Property Group, Chubb Services and GBTPA, Gallagher Bassett that cause them to make the world's worst corporate social responsibility violators list.
What Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group however have failed to account for is their need of public approval because they are in the PEOPLE BUSINESS, Chipotle being in the restaurant business and Brixmor Property Group property management and real estate.
Therefore to shun corporate social responsibility and a duty of care to protect people on their premises and prevent injury is grossly negligent. To ignore a duty of care and compensation when the odd person gets hurt on their premises is evil, unethical, heinous and a gross violation of corporate social responsibility (but at the same time a good indicator as to how the companies are truly run and what is most important to them).
For Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group they have clearly shown me profits are far more important than people. People therefore who patronize and do business with these companies (directly or indirectly) therefore need to be forewarned and well aware of their disregard toward corporate social responsibility.
It has been 14 months since I tripped on a poorly lit entrance curb and fractured my ankle at Chipotle (which a manager at Chipotle on duty confirmed is a repeat and ongoing occurrence) and still no phone call to see how I am doing physically, neither an offer to compensate me for my ongoing expenses, nor any offer of a settlement for my injuries (instead I have to chase and pursue Chipotle, Brixmor, and their agents who hide behind phone voice mail and answer machines).
An image of the entrance and description of the incident is here (showing how when people park on the left side of the building it is significantly darker when approaching the Chipotle entrance and increases the probability of tripping over a curb that rises in elevation on an angle in an unusual way as you near the building): http://paulfdavis.com/wordpress/corpo...
The Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group corporate social responsibility failures and disregard of injured people on their premises continues. Today I write these two companies again (documenting the same below seeking restitution).
2-10-2015
Dear Ms. Jeanne McKenna,
As you know I have been extremely patient waiting for a settlement offer for my injuries incurred at Chipotle (E Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL) December 2013. You, Joyce Macchi, Patricia Hannon, Patti Mann, Maureen Manjuck, Kristina Angus, K McClelland, GBTPA, Brixmore, Chubb, and Chipotle have all showed yourselves to be extremely heartless and disinterested in my injuries sustained, the out of pocket expenses incurred (and ongoing) to purchase health supplements to attend to my ankle injury (it foundationally effecting my knee, bones, structural stability and entire body ... not to mention ability to play with my one year old daughter).
I take the following for my bones:
- Bone Builder (Ethical Nutrients)
- Magnesium Glycinate
- EDTA (pulls metals from bones)
- MSM for connective tissue
- L-Methionine (for joint health)
- Vitamin D drops
These supplements are not cheap and are quite costly. My grandparents lived to be 84 y/o (and both drank alcohol which I do not). Taking these supplements from the time of injury (Dec.2013) and for the next 40 years of my life shall be expensive and what I demand a settlement from Chipotle/Brixmore/Chubb/GBPTA (whoever you want to call yourselves) in full to cover, along with compensation for my pain, suffering and time lost from work to deal with this aggravation while being ignored by all of you.
I refuse to be silent and ignored.
Paul F. Davis - longtime patron of Chipotle restaurants and fan of their food, author of "The Future of Food" (volumes 1 & 2) http://amzn.to/HVYxX0
Corporate Social Responsibility Failure Chipotle and Brixmor Property Group
Food Consultant, Consumer Products Consultant, FCP Consultant
Food Consultant, Consumer Products Consultant, FCP Consultant
Please consider me to serve as your Food and Consumer Products Consultant. I can take food and consumer products from good to great, improve branding, quality and safety, ensure environmental sustainability, optimal nutrition and taste for health conscious consumers, maximize marketability, and increase profitability.
As the author of "The Future of Food" ( volumes 1 & 2 - http://amzn.to/HVYxX0 ), a Global Health Coach & Wellness Trainer and someone who has a Master degree in Global Food Law (Michigan State College of Law); I possess a keen knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EU institutions, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), CODEX, environmental health, and trade.
As a Worldwide Motivational Speaker and Corporate Trainer, I have touched 72 countries serving the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines, and Universities across the globe. I can speak Spanish and am willing to study another language to be useful to you.
I excel at Public Relations, Networking, Stakeholder Engagement, Capacity Building, Social Media, Writing, Public Speaking, and Corporate Communications. While earning 2 Master degrees in Global Affairs (NYU) and Global Food Law (MSU), I completed Global Intensives in the nations of Vietnam and Chile during which I met with the Directors of Central Banks, Executives from Securities Companies, Presidential Cabinet Advisers, Journalists, and Owners of Soccer Teams.
Online content (pictures, videos, articles, blog posts) governs the marketplace of ideas without which no company can effectively market itself, nor reach consumers in the digital age. I have generated millions of free page views online via my videos, articles, images, blog posts, social media and community engagement. I can do the same for your company and client(s) in Belgium and throughout Europe.
I also am nearing completion of a 3rd Master degree online in Health (University of Alabama) and can advise you regarding Environmental Health and Health Promotion if needed.
I have several references on file available upon request from:
- U.S. Army General
- U.S. State Department
- University Professors
- Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
- National Speakers Association
My CV is attached for review. It would be an honor to serve you.
Respectfully,
Paul F. Davis
www.PaulFDavis.com
www.Linkedin.com/in/worldproperties
Food Consultant, Consumer Products Consultant, FCP Consultant
Please consider me to serve as your Food and Consumer Products Consultant. I can take food and consumer products from good to great, improve branding, quality and safety, ensure environmental sustainability, optimal nutrition and taste for health conscious consumers, maximize marketability, and increase profitability.
As the author of "The Future of Food" ( volumes 1 & 2 - http://amzn.to/HVYxX0 ), a Global Health Coach & Wellness Trainer and someone who has a Master degree in Global Food Law (Michigan State College of Law); I possess a keen knowledge of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), EU institutions, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), CODEX, environmental health, and trade.
As a Worldwide Motivational Speaker and Corporate Trainer, I have touched 72 countries serving the U.S. Military, Companies, Cruise Lines, and Universities across the globe. I can speak Spanish and am willing to study another language to be useful to you.
I excel at Public Relations, Networking, Stakeholder Engagement, Capacity Building, Social Media, Writing, Public Speaking, and Corporate Communications. While earning 2 Master degrees in Global Affairs (NYU) and Global Food Law (MSU), I completed Global Intensives in the nations of Vietnam and Chile during which I met with the Directors of Central Banks, Executives from Securities Companies, Presidential Cabinet Advisers, Journalists, and Owners of Soccer Teams.
Online content (pictures, videos, articles, blog posts) governs the marketplace of ideas without which no company can effectively market itself, nor reach consumers in the digital age. I have generated millions of free page views online via my videos, articles, images, blog posts, social media and community engagement. I can do the same for your company and client(s) in Belgium and throughout Europe.
I also am nearing completion of a 3rd Master degree online in Health (University of Alabama) and can advise you regarding Environmental Health and Health Promotion if needed.
I have several references on file available upon request from:
- U.S. Army General
- U.S. State Department
- University Professors
- Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
- National Speakers Association
My CV is attached for review. It would be an honor to serve you.
Respectfully,
Paul F. Davis
www.PaulFDavis.com
www.Linkedin.com/in/worldproperties
Food Consultant, Consumer Products Consultant, FCP Consultant
February 1, 2015
Call Center Manager and Call Center Trainer for Global Call Centers
Call Center Manager and Call Center Trainer for Global Call Centers
Warm greetings from the sunshine state of Florida.
Please consider me to serve as your Call Center Manager and Call Center Trainer.
I have traveled to over 70 nations as a Corporate Learning Development & Talent Trainer, Worldwide Motivational Speaker, and Author of more than 20 Books serving the U.S. Military, Companies, the Travel Industry, and Universities across the globe for 15 years.
I excel at Public Speaking, Communications Coaching, Negotiations & Conflict Resolution, Social Media, Marketing, Writing, Public Relations and Networking.
I have earned 2 Master degrees (Global Affairs / New York University and Global Food Law / MSU) and a TESOL certificate (Trinity College London) to teach foreign learners English. I was an English teacher for 3.5 years instructing Asians, Latinos, Haitians, Middle Easterners and Europeans. Tagalog is very similar to Spanish a language I can speak.
I also received Executive Education in Marketing (Wharton Business School), Negotiations & Deal-Making (Harvard Business School), Mediation & Conflict Resolution (Hofstra Law School), Advanced Interrogations & Interviews (Reid & Associates - creators of the polygraph for lie detection), NLP & Life Coaching, Google & Media (Northwestern University) and Social Psychology (Wesleyan University).
It would be an honor to serve your Call Center in the Philippines.
My CV and references are available upon request.
Respectfully,
Paul F Davis
info @PaulFDavis.com
www.PaulFDavis.com
www.Linkedin.com/in/worldproperties
Call Center Manager and Call Center Trainer for Global Call Centers
Warm greetings from the sunshine state of Florida.
Please consider me to serve as your Call Center Manager and Call Center Trainer.
I have traveled to over 70 nations as a Corporate Learning Development & Talent Trainer, Worldwide Motivational Speaker, and Author of more than 20 Books serving the U.S. Military, Companies, the Travel Industry, and Universities across the globe for 15 years.
I excel at Public Speaking, Communications Coaching, Negotiations & Conflict Resolution, Social Media, Marketing, Writing, Public Relations and Networking.
I have earned 2 Master degrees (Global Affairs / New York University and Global Food Law / MSU) and a TESOL certificate (Trinity College London) to teach foreign learners English. I was an English teacher for 3.5 years instructing Asians, Latinos, Haitians, Middle Easterners and Europeans. Tagalog is very similar to Spanish a language I can speak.
I also received Executive Education in Marketing (Wharton Business School), Negotiations & Deal-Making (Harvard Business School), Mediation & Conflict Resolution (Hofstra Law School), Advanced Interrogations & Interviews (Reid & Associates - creators of the polygraph for lie detection), NLP & Life Coaching, Google & Media (Northwestern University) and Social Psychology (Wesleyan University).
It would be an honor to serve your Call Center in the Philippines.
My CV and references are available upon request.
Respectfully,
Paul F Davis
info @PaulFDavis.com
www.PaulFDavis.com
www.Linkedin.com/in/worldproperties
Call Center Manager and Call Center Trainer for Global Call Centers
January 19, 2015
Youngevity Buyer Beware: Youngevity Mighty 90 - Vitamins, Multivitamins and Health Products
Youngevity Buyer Beware: Youngevity Mighty 90 - Vitamins, Multivitamins and Health Products
Do yourself a favor and save money by buying Vitamin Code's multivitamins http://amzn.to/14NZGdR which are far healthier than Youngevity. Here is why below:
Youngevity's website does not fully disclose all of the ingredients in its "health" products, especially the harmful preservatives and petrochemicals.
In 2014, I bought Imortalium, Youngevity Ultimate Classic and Ultimate EFA.
The big print gives and the small (not disclosed on the Youngevity website) takes away.
Among the ingredients I deem questionable, harmful and unhealthy within Youngevity's Imortalium are:
- hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (read Dr. Hulda Clark's book "The Cure For All Diseases" and "Solvent Neurotoxicity" by Peter Arlien-Soborg to learn why this is unhealthy)
- pharmaceutical glaze (Why does a natural vitamin need a pharmaceutical glaze?)
Many unhealthy vitamin formulations and "health" companies use toxic solvents that harm the body and cause neurotoxicity. - amzn.to/1hrlGNz
The solvent propyl alcohol is harmful to organs and makes the body susceptible to parasitic infestation. The solvent benzene causes leukemia and cancer, hindering the functionality of the thymus, weakening immunity and making the body prey for parasites and susceptible to AIDS. Wood alcohol leads to pancreatic dysfunction and leads to diabetes. The solvents xylene (or toluene) adversely affect the brain. The solvents methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) or methyl butyl ketone (MBK) adversely affect the uterus of females and pave the way for endometriosis.
Among the ingredients I deem questionable, harmful and unhealthy within Youngevity's Ultimate Classic are:
- CitriSweet (Though contacted repeatedly and given several months to reply via phone calls and emails, Youngevity never revealed what is in this ingredient.)
- Sodium Erythorbate
- Malic Acid
- Xanthan Gum
- Sodium Benzoate (Coca Cola and Pierre Water removed from its drinks because when combined with ascorbic acid it can become benzene - a harmful cancer and leukemia causing petrochemical removed from gasoline in the 1970s).
The ingredient I deem questionable, harmful and unhealthy within Youngevity's Ultimate EFA (essential fatty acid) is fish oil from tuna, which is high in mercury and can cause damage to the brain and nervous system.
Youngevity's business model is such that whenever I phoned the company I was immediately asked for a rep number, as if I were a salesperson working for the company.
Whenever I asked nutritional and health information, the sales staff answering calls never could intelligently answer my questions. When I asked for Dr. Wallach's email to forward my questions, I was given an email for Richard Renton and Johnny Taylor.
Although I patiently and perseveringly emailed both Mr. Renton and Mr. Taylor, neither replied. Instead I received a generic reply from Rosary Martinez advising me to attempt to call Dr. Wallach on his radio program (not valuing my time, nor my health related questions related to Youngevity's products).
Cassandra Zambrano was copied in Ms. Martinez' email to me dated August 29, 2014. Yet neither of the ladies, nor anyone at Youngevity ever answered the following questions below:
1. What minerals are in the "mighty 90" Dr. Wallach refers to during his talks. List them all please.
2. What minerals (names and quantity) are in the plant based mineral liquid formula you sell under the name "Ultimate Classic" compared to what minerals (names and quantity within the formulation) are in the "mighty 90"?
3. Immortalium mentions a proprietary blend, what is in that? I have allergies to some environmental toxins and need to know before consuming.
4. EFA uses fish oil from tuna - what is the mercury content? Tuna is a larger fish with more mercury.
5. The Ultimate Classic contains - CitraSweet, sodium arithabate and natural flavors (please further elaborate on the ingredients within each).
Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD (Neurosurgeon and author of "Excitotoxins") reveals the many names MSG is under in the food industry, some being "natural flavors" and spices (among 12 or more others). MSG damages the brain and nervous system. Please elaborate and fully describe what is in your "CitraSweet" and "natural flavors."
Youngevity's customer "service" staff does not know and could not answer my questions.
COO of Youngevity Michelle Wallach (@MGWallach - married to the CEO), has not answered any of these above questions yet either (as of January 19, 2015). Ms. Wallach is welcome to comment here below and tell the Youngevity customers what it is they are consuming and explain why such questions go unanswered for months until brought to the light via social media?
In December 2014 when I phoned Youngevity requesting a full refund of their "health" products (which other reputable vitamin companies readily provide to unsatisfied customers - Vitacost, Vitamin Shoppe, Amazon, etc.); I was told by the sales reps they could give me a credit toward future purchases with Youngevity. I declined as obviously I am not impressed with Youngevity's products, lack of knowledge, and customer service failures.
Do yourself a favor and save money by buying Vitamin Code's multivitamins http://amzn.to/14NZGdR which are far healthier than what Youngevity is producing and selling. Saving money for the healthier option free of multilevel marketing sales reps is my preferred choice.
Paul F. Davis - author of "The Future of Food" (volumes 1 & 2)
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
The Future of Food: Global Reform to Improve the Quality of Food & Public Health - http://amzn.to/1dIFnlI
The Future of Food: GMOs, Bogus Science, Agroterrorism and Regulatory Reform - http://amzn.to/17TbqMZ
Paul F. Davis is a Wellness Trainer, Health Coach, Motivational Speaker and Author of more than 20 Books who has touched 75 Countries serving the U.S. Military, Companies and Universities across the globe. Paul has earned 3 Master degrees in Global Food Law (Michigan State College of Law), Global Affairs (New York University) and Health (University of Alabama).
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene_...
amzn.to/1hrlGNz Solvent Neurotoxicity
http://www.electroherbalism.com/Bioel... The Cure For All Diseases
amzn.to/1Bvl2es Semper Fi: Always Faithful - expose of benzene in the water at Camp Lejeune
amzn.to/1aum5v7 - Excitoxins - The Taste That Kills
Youngevity Buyer Beware: Youngevity Mighty 90 - Vitamins, Multivitamins and Health Products
Do yourself a favor and save money by buying Vitamin Code's multivitamins http://amzn.to/14NZGdR which are far healthier than Youngevity. Here is why below:
Youngevity's website does not fully disclose all of the ingredients in its "health" products, especially the harmful preservatives and petrochemicals.
In 2014, I bought Imortalium, Youngevity Ultimate Classic and Ultimate EFA.
The big print gives and the small (not disclosed on the Youngevity website) takes away.
Among the ingredients I deem questionable, harmful and unhealthy within Youngevity's Imortalium are:
- hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (read Dr. Hulda Clark's book "The Cure For All Diseases" and "Solvent Neurotoxicity" by Peter Arlien-Soborg to learn why this is unhealthy)
- pharmaceutical glaze (Why does a natural vitamin need a pharmaceutical glaze?)
Many unhealthy vitamin formulations and "health" companies use toxic solvents that harm the body and cause neurotoxicity. - amzn.to/1hrlGNz
The solvent propyl alcohol is harmful to organs and makes the body susceptible to parasitic infestation. The solvent benzene causes leukemia and cancer, hindering the functionality of the thymus, weakening immunity and making the body prey for parasites and susceptible to AIDS. Wood alcohol leads to pancreatic dysfunction and leads to diabetes. The solvents xylene (or toluene) adversely affect the brain. The solvents methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) or methyl butyl ketone (MBK) adversely affect the uterus of females and pave the way for endometriosis.
Among the ingredients I deem questionable, harmful and unhealthy within Youngevity's Ultimate Classic are:
- CitriSweet (Though contacted repeatedly and given several months to reply via phone calls and emails, Youngevity never revealed what is in this ingredient.)
- Sodium Erythorbate
- Malic Acid
- Xanthan Gum
- Sodium Benzoate (Coca Cola and Pierre Water removed from its drinks because when combined with ascorbic acid it can become benzene - a harmful cancer and leukemia causing petrochemical removed from gasoline in the 1970s).
The ingredient I deem questionable, harmful and unhealthy within Youngevity's Ultimate EFA (essential fatty acid) is fish oil from tuna, which is high in mercury and can cause damage to the brain and nervous system.
Youngevity's business model is such that whenever I phoned the company I was immediately asked for a rep number, as if I were a salesperson working for the company.
Whenever I asked nutritional and health information, the sales staff answering calls never could intelligently answer my questions. When I asked for Dr. Wallach's email to forward my questions, I was given an email for Richard Renton and Johnny Taylor.
Although I patiently and perseveringly emailed both Mr. Renton and Mr. Taylor, neither replied. Instead I received a generic reply from Rosary Martinez advising me to attempt to call Dr. Wallach on his radio program (not valuing my time, nor my health related questions related to Youngevity's products).
Cassandra Zambrano was copied in Ms. Martinez' email to me dated August 29, 2014. Yet neither of the ladies, nor anyone at Youngevity ever answered the following questions below:
1. What minerals are in the "mighty 90" Dr. Wallach refers to during his talks. List them all please.
2. What minerals (names and quantity) are in the plant based mineral liquid formula you sell under the name "Ultimate Classic" compared to what minerals (names and quantity within the formulation) are in the "mighty 90"?
3. Immortalium mentions a proprietary blend, what is in that? I have allergies to some environmental toxins and need to know before consuming.
4. EFA uses fish oil from tuna - what is the mercury content? Tuna is a larger fish with more mercury.
5. The Ultimate Classic contains - CitraSweet, sodium arithabate and natural flavors (please further elaborate on the ingredients within each).
Dr. Russell Blaylock, MD (Neurosurgeon and author of "Excitotoxins") reveals the many names MSG is under in the food industry, some being "natural flavors" and spices (among 12 or more others). MSG damages the brain and nervous system. Please elaborate and fully describe what is in your "CitraSweet" and "natural flavors."
Youngevity's customer "service" staff does not know and could not answer my questions.
COO of Youngevity Michelle Wallach (@MGWallach - married to the CEO), has not answered any of these above questions yet either (as of January 19, 2015). Ms. Wallach is welcome to comment here below and tell the Youngevity customers what it is they are consuming and explain why such questions go unanswered for months until brought to the light via social media?
In December 2014 when I phoned Youngevity requesting a full refund of their "health" products (which other reputable vitamin companies readily provide to unsatisfied customers - Vitacost, Vitamin Shoppe, Amazon, etc.); I was told by the sales reps they could give me a credit toward future purchases with Youngevity. I declined as obviously I am not impressed with Youngevity's products, lack of knowledge, and customer service failures.
Do yourself a favor and save money by buying Vitamin Code's multivitamins http://amzn.to/14NZGdR which are far healthier than what Youngevity is producing and selling. Saving money for the healthier option free of multilevel marketing sales reps is my preferred choice.
Paul F. Davis - author of "The Future of Food" (volumes 1 & 2)
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
The Future of Food: Global Reform to Improve the Quality of Food & Public Health - http://amzn.to/1dIFnlI
The Future of Food: GMOs, Bogus Science, Agroterrorism and Regulatory Reform - http://amzn.to/17TbqMZ
Paul F. Davis is a Wellness Trainer, Health Coach, Motivational Speaker and Author of more than 20 Books who has touched 75 Countries serving the U.S. Military, Companies and Universities across the globe. Paul has earned 3 Master degrees in Global Food Law (Michigan State College of Law), Global Affairs (New York University) and Health (University of Alabama).
http://www.PaulFDavis.com
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