Laws Broken: Jurassic Park

Ironically, if you read the book, this sort of thing is exactly why the park ISN'T built in the U.S.--to avoid legal fallout.

Nedry found a loop hole here; you are, in fact, exempt from all liability for your actions if you are killed and eaten by a dilophosaurus.

Objecton: The park was constructed on some Island somewhere outside of US legal jurisdiction. Building your plants in third world countries to avoid health and safety or environmental regulations is a time-honered US tradition and is probably legal.

As a JP super nerd, I have to mention that Muldoon actually makes a comment to Hammond when the group goes to see the sick Triceratops, "How many times do I have to tell you, we need locking mechanisms on the vehicle doors!" So yeah. You could absolutely add that to the negligence claims

"We spared no expense" Hires one IT guy to write 2 million lines of troll code

The primary law that Jurassic Park broke is that they named their park "Jurassic", but featured dinosaurs mainly from the Cretaceous Period.

Former zookeeper here: we did have hardhats like that, but only for going into cages with raptors.. of course, unlike velociraptors, they attack from above

My grandpa (a lawyer) once said about the lawyer in the movie "He was willing to abandon and risk the lives of those kids. I can't take offense to the insults to his character, as he has none."

Legal Eagle: Takes offense at “blood-sucking lawyer” comment Also Legal Eagle, not ten minutes earlier: “I shouldn’t be laughing at this carnage...”

"Here we have a bad actor..." I totally thought you were talking about Wayne Knight's performance before you clarified you were talking about his bad acts. lol

Objection! You neglected to mention Hammond's negligence in hiring a single programmer for all of the park's mission-critical software. Responsible software development shops have coder peer reviews, QA tests, and penetration tests that might have prevented Nedry's malicious software from being deployed

There's no way in hell you're telling me Timmy (and maybe even Lex) couldn't have fit through the gaps in the fence without having to climb over it.

"that's a terribly designed system" *me as an engineer*: EVEN THE BLOODSUCKING LAWYER AGREES WITH ME! jk you're awesome dude.

Every time he said “bad actor” I thought he was throwing shade at Wayne Knight. Didn’t realize it was a legal term 😂😂😂

OBJECTION: 14:44 — The electricity for the fence to keep the T-Rex inside wasn't out because of the storm, it was disabled by an act of sabotage from Ned, who had hacked the system in order to disable security measures along his escape route. The Park Staff and it's owner couldn't have anticipated an act of sabotage and corporate espionage by one of their own. Even if they DID have a secondary fence or a back-up generator, it would have been disabled by Ned without authorization, and the result would have been the same.

Fun fact: The majority of fossils on display are foam casts. That's the reason the T. rex display started to buckle. If you don’t see metal scaffolding holding the fossils, the display is a replica.

Oh man I wanna see him do The Incredibles, specifically the scene where Mr incredible is sued for foiling a suicide

Objection 01:50 - Hard hats. They are working in vicinity of a crane (not shown in this scene, but it is there and lowered cow in same compound later in movie). This alone would justify. That said you could argue head height objects in vicinty (i.e. raised Hilo tines), also it possible the fence at top of compound (shown in this scene and at aforementioned feeding scene) is electrified. OSHA: 29 CFR 1910.135 governs hard hat requirements for general industry workers When objects or debris might fall from above and strike workers on the head When employees may strike their heads against fixed objects, like supports, beams, or other equipment When there is the possibility that workers’ heads will make contact with electrical hazards Keep Eagling!

Objection: the hard hats would actually be mandated due to there being objects being lifted over the heads of other workers in the area (gate/guns) as well as the fact that the person on top of the container themselves are a drop hazard. However being the 90's not sure about this specifically but they are not wearing high visibility vests/jackets they are only wearing a standard rain coat that happens to be yellow but not reflective

Objection: Arnold and Muldoon did not die due to Nedry's direct actions. When he deactivated the park's power in general, it is specifically mentioned in the movie that he did not deactivate the power to the raptor paddock. The raptors didn't escape until Hammond's effort to restore power (over Arnold's objections) resulted in a total power loss throughout the park, shutting down the raptor paddocks.