Walt Disney World v. Wood

Aloysia Wood (plaintiff) was injured on Disney's (defendant) Grand Prix attraction when her fiancé (later husband) Daniel rear-ended her car; a jury apportioned fault 14 percent to Aloysia, 1 percent to Disney, and 85 percent to Daniel, and the trial court, applying Florida's joint-and-several-liability rule, entered judgment against Disney for 86 percent of Aloysia's damages (Daniel's share plus Disney's own). Disney appealed, arguing joint and several liability was fundamentally incompatible with the state's adoption of comparative negligence.