If you or a loved one was injured at Fun Spot Orlando, you need to make sure you get prompt medical treatment and take a few other steps to protect your rights in case you need to pursue an injury claim later on. Ultimately, what you do immediately following an accident at a theme park can greatly affect the outcome of your case. These theme parks and amusement parks are big, rich, and powerful companies, and they have teams of lawyers and claims adjusters ready to fight you over money.
In this article, we'll talk about what you can do to protect yourself and your family after a theme park accident. Specifically, we'll talk about what you can do to protect your rights after you get hurt at Fun Spot Orlando.
What is Fun Spot Orlando?
Fun Spot America is an amusement park company that has been in Central Florida since the late 1990s. Fun Spot has two locations in Central Florida. Fun Spot Orlando is just off International Drive at Sand Lake, near Universal Studios and CityWalk.
Fun Spot in Kissimmee is on US 192 near I-4 and just up the road from Celebration, FL. It's located very close to Disney World. Both Fun Spot locations offer a number of attractions including roller coasters, water slides, go carts, and more.
What Steps Should You Take After Getting Injured at Fun Spot?
If you or a loved one has been injured at Fun Spot America in Orlando, Florida, it's important to take the following steps:
- Get medial treatment
- Report the incident to Fun Spot
- Take pictures and video
- Get witness contact info
- Don't talk (or post) about it!
- Call a theme park injury lawyer in Orlando
Now, let's dig into each of these steps in a little more detail.
Get Medical Attention Immediately
If you can, get medical treatment after you get hurt. Do what the doctor says and follow all the treatment advice they give you. This will help you in the long run for several reasons.
For example, if you don't get medical treatment, you may make your injuries worse. Also, you will probably weaken your injury claim. The claims adjusters will say you aren't really injured. Otherwise, you would have gotten medical treatment right away.
This is simply not the truth for most people, especially folks on vacation. The last thing people want to do is force their family to spend their vacation waiting around a hospital while they get checked out by a doctor. So, lots of people just deal with the pain because they want their family to have a good time.
Ultimately, the decision to delay medical treatment has very little upside. Accordingly, if you're hurt, go get checked out right away.
Report the Incident to Fun Spot Staff
If you can, be sure to report your injury to Fun Spot America's management as soon as possible after you get hurt. You can request an incident report, and someone in charge of this process will create the report.
When speaking with park officials, make sure you stick to the facts about what happened. Avoid admitting fault or downplaying your injuries. You need to remember that these people will use anything you say to try and pay you as little money as possible.
NOTE: You may or may not be able to get a copy of the report right away. Often times, we have to file a lawsuit to get these types of reports.
Gather Evidence at the Scene
To build the best case possible, you need as much favorable evidence as you can get. Thus, immediately after your accident and while you're still at the scene, you should gather evidence. Take pictures and videos of everything you can and be sure to get the contact information of any witnesses that were in the area when you got injured.
Don't Talk (or Post) About Your Case
One of the biggest mistakes people make is talking about their case on social media or with other people. When you talk to someone about your case, that person may be subject to a deposition. Also, whatever you say on social media will likely end up in the hands of a defense attorney that wants to pay you nothing for your injuries.
Contact an Orlando Theme Park Injury Attorney
The above steps may seem fairly obvious, but you'd be surprised at how often folks mess this up by accident. It's not their fault; after all, they're going up against claims adjusters that fight injury claims day in and day out. These adjusters make their money by denying claims or getting injured people to accept a fraction of what their case could be worth.
Ultimately, as in many other situations, injured people end up playing a game against seasoned professionals, and they don't even know the rules of the game they're playing. Obviously, there's no chance of being successful. However, we know how they play the game, and we know how to counter their tactics.
Our lawyers have tons of experience helping clients who have been hurt at amusement parks, theme parks, and water parks in Orlando, and we understand the challenges involved in these cases. We know how to operate within the local Florida laws, and we know exactly what it takes to be successful in these cases.
Also, it doesn't matter where you were visiting from when you got hurt. We've helped people from all over the world bring successful injury claims against the major amusement parks and theme parks in Orlando, and we can probably help you too.
We Offer FREE Consultations, and You Pay NOTHING Unless We Win
At our firm, we offer free legal consultations, so a phone call is absolutely no risk to you. All you have to do to schedule a call with a lawyer at our office is call us up at (321) LAWSUIT. If you'd rather reach out to us by email, you can contact us on our website.
Also, if we take on your case, you don't pay us anything unless we win you money. No upfront retainers. No hourly fees. We take injury and death cases on a contingency fee basis, which means we don't get paid unless you get paid.
If you need us, all you have to do is reach out. We have someone answering our phones 24/7.