A Missouri family has been awarded $310 million in damages after their 14-year-old son was killed riding a freefall amusement park ride in Florida in 2022.
Tyre Sampson was visiting ICON Park in Orlando from suburban St. Louis on March 24, 2022, when he fell to his death from the FreeFall ride, manufactured by Austria-based Funtime-Handels, according to Hilliard Law, the firm representing the boy’s father.
An Orange County jury in Florida reached the verdict after a one-day trial, attorney Bob Hilliard told USA TODAY on Friday.
Hilliard Law wrote that the verdict against Funtime-Handels is a “landmark.”
“The lawsuit highlighted glaring safety oversights, including the absence of seat belts − a safety enhancement that would have cost just $22 per seat or $660 in total for all seats,” the law firm wrote in a news release.
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