BURNS v. SEAWORLD PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT, INC., et al
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2:22-cv-02941
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May 07, 2024
Atty Dons Muppet Head To Open Sesame Place Race Bias Trial
A federal jury in Philadelphia on Tuesday gazed at the googly eyes and blue fur of an attorney who donned the head of Sesame Street's Grover to tell them that performers wearing the fluorescent bodysuits of other beloved Muppets discriminated against children at a Pennsylvania theme park because of the color of their skin.
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April 15, 2024
SeaWorld's Sesame Park Visitors Can't Get Cert. In Bias Fight
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Monday to certify a class of Hispanic and Black customers who allege performers at the SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc.-owned theme park Sesame Place discriminated against and ignored minority children, finding that the proposed 130 children class size is based on inadmissible speculation.
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January 17, 2024
SeaWorld Backs Summary Judgment To End Sesame Place Bias Suit
Philadelphia-based theme park Sesame Place's parent company, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc., has told a Pennsylvania federal judge that summary judgment is the only option for a putative class action alleging the park's performers ignored minority children who tried to get their attention.
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November 20, 2023
Sea World Must Produce Social Media Policy Info In Bias Suit
A federal judge has ordered Philadelphia-based theme park Sesame Place's parent company, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Inc., to produce materials on its park policies and any employee social media rules in response to class action claims that costumed characters at Sesame Place refused to interact with minority children.
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July 17, 2023
Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2023: A Midyear Report
A record-setting medical malpractice verdict, litigation over mail-in ballot envelopes, alleged racial discrimination by Sesame Place characters and COVID-19 coverage lawsuits have made for some of the most high-profile cases in Pennsylvania so far this year.
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June 05, 2023
Sesame Place Sheds Negligence Claims In Race Bias Suit
A federal judge trimmed some of the negligence claims from a proposed class action alleging that costumed character actors at the Sesame Place theme park outside Philadelphia refused to interact with minority children, but allowed the broader discrimination suit to move ahead Monday.
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April 28, 2023
Class In Race Bias Suit Ill-Defined, Sesame Place Park Says
SeaWorld-owned Sesame Place in suburban Philadelphia told a federal judge Thursday that a putative class in a suit claiming park performers ignored minority children in favor of white children who wanted to meet their favorite characters was too vaguely-defined and that the case must be thrown out.
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December 01, 2022
Parents Defend Bias Suit Against Pa. Sesame Place Park
Parents alleging that SeaWorld-owned Sesame Place in suburban Philadelphia ignored Black children who wanted to meet their favorite characters have urged a Pennsylvania federal judge not to dismiss their racial discrimination suit.
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July 27, 2022
SeaWorld's Sesame Place Hit With $25M Race Bias Suit
A SeaWorld-owned "Sesame Street" amusement park in suburban Philadelphia intentionally ignored Black children who wanted to meet their favorite characters, according to a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Pennsylvania federal court, which seeks at least $25 million in damages.