A view of the water slides at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Park in Orlando, Florida.
Google street viewA woman is suing Disney Parks and Resorts, claiming she was left permanently disfigured by a violent “wedge.” A woman suffered “severe” lacerations and “internal injuries” after visiting Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park in Orlando, Florida, according to a civil lawsuit filed last week in Orange County, Florida.
Plaintiff Emma McGuinness said her family had gone on a two-week vacation to Disney World in October 2019 as part of her 30th birthday celebrations. She said in the lawsuit that McGuinness went to the Humunga Cowabunga waterslide with two of her family members during a trip to the water park. Disney explains the slides It’s a “near-vertical five-story drop” suitable for guests over 4 feet tall.
“These three side-by-side enclosed body slides deliver thrilling thrills,” the Disney site says. “You never know what’s going to happen as you plummet 64 feet downhill in the dark to a surprising conclusion.”
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Ms McGuinness said she was “flipped in the air” and “slammed down” near the end of the slide, which resulted in her “clothing becoming painfully shoved between her legs and water being forced violently into her body”. ”. “She immediately experienced severe pain inside her and when she stood up, blood began to flow between her legs,” her complaint states. “She was transported by ambulance to a local hospital for her treatment and treatment and ultimately to another hospital for repair of her gynecological injuries by her specialist.”
The suit describes McGuinness’ injuries as a “painful entrapment” that allegedly caused “severe and permanent” health problems, the most serious of which were “full-thickness lacerations that caused plaintiff to The intestines of the patient protruded from the abdominal wall and caused injury to the plaintiff.” Internal organs. “
The lawsuit seeks more than $50,000 in damages. McGuinness is seeking a jury trial.