Twanda Jones v. Morey’s Pier, Inc. (077502) (Cape May and Statewide)

This appeal arises from the tragic death of eleven-year-old Abiah Jones after she fell from a ride in an amusement park. When the accident occurred, Abiah Jones was visiting the amusement park on a school trip organized by her charter school, PleasanTech Academy, operated by the PleasanTech Academy Education Association (Association).

Plaintiffs Twanda Jones and Byron Jones, Abiah Jones’s parents and the co-administrators of her estate, filed this wrongful death action against Morey’s Pier, Inc., Morey’s Attractions, LLC, and the Morey Organization, Inc. (Morey defendants). Plaintiffs allege…