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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

So, with no further ado, here is this year’s updated list of actual cases related to Halloween. In Berea, Ohio, the promoters of the 7 Floors of Hell haunted house at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds appreciate realism but one employee took it a bit too far. He then stabbed him. There was a failure to monitor employees and safeguard the scene.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

In October 2021, Danielle Thomas, former exotic dancer known as “Pole Assassin” (and the girlfriend of Texas special teams coach Jeff Banks), found herself embroiled in a Halloween tort after the monkey previously used in her act bit a wandering child at the house of horror she created for Halloween. He then stabbed him.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

The court ruled against her and found that the park’s duty was only to “make conditions as safe as they appear to be” and that Munoz “ was aware of the risk she encountered, and expected to be surprised, startled, and scared.” They were dressed as Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels. Six Flags St.

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