Parents of boy who died in fall from park ride awarded £240m compensation
Fourteen-year-old Tyre Sampson, who was 6ft 2in and weighed 27st, fell from the Orlando Free Fall ride in March 2022.
The parents of a 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from an Orlando amusement park ride in 2022 have won a 310 million US dollar (£243 million) verdict against the attraction’s Austrian builder.
Late on Thursday, the Orange County jury ordered that the manufacturer, Funtime, pay 155 million dollars (£123.5 million) to each of Tyre Sampson’s parents, Nekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson.
Tyre died on March 24 2022 after falling 70 feet from Icon Park’s Orlando Free Fall ride. The trial lasted only a day as Funtime never appeared in court to defend itself.
Icon Park had already settled with Tyre’s family for an undisclosed amount.
