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When a Scare Actor Makes Contact: The (Likely) Settlement in Dickey v. Thirteenth Floor

This week’s case is a fairly standard premises liability case. A scare actor jumps (I’m guessing from a bungee rig) from an elevated platform, lands on a patron, and allegedly knocks her unconscious. Eighteen months later, the resulting federal lawsuit ends with a dismissal that almost certainly reflects a settlement, which is exactly the way most haunt injury cases end. Dickey v. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group, LLC, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Whether it was a questionable injury or a performer’s misjudgment, it is a good exemplar of how such cases often go.