Lawsuit: It Was Flipper's Fault

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Aug 19, 2009 8:40PM

An interesting slip'n'fall lawsuit against the Brookfield Zoo has been filed. According to the complaint [PDF], the plaintiff slip and fell at Brookfield Zoo's dolphin exhibit last August. Jennifer Fernicola at ChicagoNow's Bar-Tender blog reports:

In the complaint, Allecyn Edwards states that the zoo "recklessly and willfully trained and encouraged the dolphins to throw water at the spectators in the stands making the floor wet and slippery."

Edwards further alleges that Brookfield Zoo failed to provide warnings about the slippery floor and failed to provide "any mats or other slip resistant strips on the floor."

Only a few of us are lawyers so we won't speculate on whether or not playing the "Flipper's Fault" card will actually work. But it's a first for us.