December 6, 2024 - Late Thursday, the Orange County jury ordered that the manufacturer Funtime pay $155 million each to Tyre Sampson’s parents, Nekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson. He died on March 24, 2022, after falling 70 feet (21 meters) from the Orlando Free ...

December 5, 2024 - Orlando, FL – December 5, 2024 – Hilliard Law, a nationally renowned law firm based in Corpus Christi, TX, along with co-counsel Ben Crump, Kimberly L. Wald, and Michael A. Haggard announce a record-setting verdict in the tragic case of Tyre Sampson, the 14-year-old who fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall attraction at ICON Park on March 24, 2022. The family previously reached a settlement with both ICON park and the company that operated the ride.

December 7, 2024 - The Austrian company that built the FreeFall ride from which 14-year-old Tyre Sampson fell to his death has been ordered to pay $310 million to his family.

Orlando, FL – Following the one-day trial of the Estate of Tyre Sampson vs “FunTimes”, the Austrian-based manufacturer of the FreeFall ride that once towered over Icon Park in Orlando, a jury has passed a $310 Million judgement against the defendants.

December 7, 2024 - The family of Tyre Sampson, a 14-year-old boy who plunged to his death from a free-fall tower in Orlando, has been awarded $310 million by a jury.

December 5, 2024 - ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – On Thursday, an Orange County jury ruled the family of Tyre Sampson will be given $310 million, $155 million each to the father and mother, according to our sister station WKMG in Orlando.

December 6, 2024 - 5), Tyre Sampson’s parents are millionaires from their settlement with Funtime. A Florida jury reportedly awarded the family $310 million after a speedy trial. Last year, Tyre’s parents also settled with the two other defendants for undisclosed ...

December 6, 2024 - The parents of Tyre Sampson were awarded $310 million settlement after the teen fatally fell from an amusement park ride in March 2022.

December 6, 2024 - ORLANDO, Fla. — The jury came back just after 5:00 p.m. and awarded Tyre Sampson’s family more than $300 million in the civil lawsuit over the teen’s death in 2022.

June 28, 2025 - Last year, the Sampson family reached a settlement with Icon Park and Eagle Drop Slingshot, the ride’s owner, also named as defendants. It has yet to be disclosed. The Orlando Free Fall ride was permanently dismantled following an investigation into Sampson’s death. Last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Tyre ...

February 18, 2023 - Read: State fines Orlando Free Fall operator $250K related to investigation into Tyre Sampson’s death · Initially, the company fought the fine, but the settlement laid out the conditions.

March 17, 2025 - A Florida jury ordered Funtime to pay $310 million to the parents of Tyre Sampson, who fell to his death at an Orlando amusement park in 2022. On December 6, 2024, the Orange County verdict grants $155 million each to Nekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson.

Yesterday (March 15), Sampson’s mother, Nekia Dodd, visited ICON Park for the first time since the fatal incident and announced that she reached a settlement with the ride owners and the park.

December 6, 2024 - The quick trial and verdict put a strikingly high price tag on Tyre Sampson’s March 2022 plummet from the Orlando FreeFall drop tower.

December 6, 2024 - A Florida jury has awarded $310 million to the family of Tyre Sampson, the 14-year-old who fell to his death while on the Orlando FreeFall ride at Icon Park in 2022.

December 6, 2024 - Tyre Sampson’s parents, Mekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson, were awarded $155 million each from Austrian ride manufacturer Funtime Handels. “This $310 million verdict sends a great message for accountability,” said family attorney Ben Crump, as reported by Fox 35 Orlando.