Article: Court Allows Death Suit against Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Travel Firm to Proceed.

By Rafael A. Olmeda, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 24--The father of a young boy mauled to death by hyenas during a trip to Africa can sue the Fort Lauderdale company that arranged the safari, even though the child's mother signed a waiver before the trip, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The groundbreaking decision by the Fourth District Court of Appeal cleared the way for Mark R. Shea, a resident of Maryland, to sue Global Travel Marketing Inc., which advertises as the Africa Adventure Company. Shea's ex-wife arranged a trip with their son, Mark Garrity Shea, 11, in July 2000. While he was sleeping alone in ...

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