Disney pays $100k to settle Bedbug lawsuit
Disney pays $100k to settle Bedbug lawsuit
$Walt Disney(DIS.US)$ is settling a lawsuit brought by a vacationer who claimed she was bitten by bedbugs during her vacation at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.
$華特迪士尼(DIS.US)$正在解決一名度假者提起的訴訟，這名度假者聲稱她在加州阿納海姆的迪士尼樂園酒店度假時被臭蟲咬了一口。
What Happened: Los Angeles Magazine reported that the company paid $100,000 to resolve claims brought in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Ivy Eldridge, who said she was bitten numerous times by bedbugs during her April 2018 stay at the hotel.
發生的事情：洛杉磯雜誌報道，該公司支付了10萬美元，以解決洛杉磯縣高級法院提出的索賠艾薇·埃爾德里奇她説，在2018年4月入住該酒店期間，她多次被臭蟲叮咬。
In her lawsuit, Eldridge said she suffered physical and emotional damage from being bitten, which resulted in several rashes across her body. She added that she needed to discard clothing and personal items, and accused the company of failing to maintain a "decent, safe and habitable condition" within its hotel.
埃爾德里奇在訴訟中表示，被咬傷對她的身體和精神造成了損害，導致她全身出現了幾處皮疹。她補充説，她需要丟棄衣服和個人物品，並指責該公司未能在其酒店內保持“體面、安全和宜居的條件”。
Why It Happened: A Disney spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times that the company opted to settle in order to avoid prolonged and expensive litigation.
為什麼會這樣：迪士尼的一位發言人告訴《洛杉磯時報》，該公司選擇和解是為了避免曠日持久且代價高昂的訴訟。
"We have robust preventative measures in place so that our guests are comfortable and safe during their hotel stays," the spokesperson said.
這位發言人説：“我們有強有力的預防措施，這樣我們的客人在入住酒店期間就會感到舒適和安全。”
Eldridge's attorney, Brian Virag, noted that this was not the first time that a Disney lodging establishment was sued over bedbug bites – a 2016 lawsuit was filed against Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, but that case lawsuit was dismissed before going to a jury.
埃爾德里奇的律師布萊恩·維拉格指出，這並不是迪士尼住宿機構第一次因被臭蟲叮咬而被起訴--2016年曾對迪士尼的Grand California Hotel&Spa提起訴訟，但在提交陪審團之前，訴訟被駁回。