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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Anna Betts in New York

Disney drops streaming waiver defense over woman’s allergy death at resort

entrance to walt disney world flanked by figures of minnie and mickey mouse
Walt Disney World in Florida, where Dr Kanokporn Tangsuan died of anaphylaxis caused by high levels of dairy and nut in her system last year after eating in a restaurant. Photograph: John Raoux/AP

Disney has dropped a controversial legal claim that the terms and conditions a widower agreed to when signing up for Disney+ streaming service protect it from a wrongful death lawsuit he brought over his wife’s death after she ate at a resort restaurant.

On Monday night, Josh D’Amaro, the chair of Disney Experiences, released a statement announcing that Disney had decided to have the matter proceed in court, rather than through arbitration, as the company had been fighting for just last week.

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