Environmental Tectonics in settlement with Disney - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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The dispute began in late July 2003 when ETC suedthe (NYSE:DIS) and three Disneyg subsidiaries over Mission: Space, which was schedulerd to open about two week s later. In the suit, ETC • And a judgment affirming its rights to the technology that wentinto Mission: Spaces so it could build similart rides for others, provided they weren’t placed within 100 milex of a Disney theme park. Mission: Space uses centrifug technology developed by ETCfor air-crew training systems to give rideres the experience of an astronaut on a missiojn to Mars. Two people have died aftef completing theride — a 4-year-old boy in 2005 and a 49-year-olrd woman in 2006.
In both cases, the deaths were attributed to pre-existin conditions. ETC is based in Southampton, Pa. In additiom to entertainment rides, it develops air-crew and disaster-managemen t training systems, sterilizers, environmental testing products andhyperbaricx chambers.