ORANGE COUNTY — Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is struggling with a lawsuit related to an “injurious wedgie” that court files allege resulted from driving a 214-foot water slide in the resort’s Storm Lagoon drinking water park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The fit pertains to an incident that took put on Oct 14, 2019, on the Humunga Kowabunga water slide throughout a two-week check out to Walt Disney Entire world by plaintiffs Emma and Edward McGuinness and their relatives. The family members visited the vacation resort in component to rejoice Emma McGuinness’ 30th birthday.
The slide, which Disney expenditures on its web page as a “close to-vertical, 5-tale drop — in the dim,” descends 214 toes and plunges riders into a pool of water to finish the trip.
The suit, which was filed previous week in the Circuit Courtroom for Orange County, Florida, alleges that Disney understood, or really should have recognized, of the chance of painful “wedgies,” specially for gals.
“Specifically, when a rider of The Slide attained the bottom of the ride and traveled into the pool of water intended to prevent more vacation, the drive of the h2o can press unfastened garments into a person’s anatomy – an event identified as a ‘wedgie,'” the accommodate says. “Since of a woman’s anatomy, the possibility of a unpleasant ‘wedgie’ is additional frequent and additional critical than it is for a person.”
The plaintiffs are in search of “damages exceeding $50,000, unique of interest and charges” for the count of carelessness.
CNN has attained out to Walt Disney Environment Resort for comment.
The go well with alleges that Disney “was negligent and breached its obligations of sensible care” in failing to provide protective outfits, these types of as shorts, for the slide failing to alert McGuinness and other women of the risks and other style and design and basic safety failures.
The suit states that McGuinness assumed the proper placement with her ankles crossed, “as instructed,” but she became airborne toward the conclude of the slide and slammed into the slide “which elevated the likelihood of her legs getting uncrossed or usually exposing herself to harm.”
When McGuinness impacted the slide and the water at the bottom her swimsuit was pressured amongst her legs and drinking water was “violently pressured within her.”
She expert severe inner agony, the go well with says, and blood rushed from between her legs. She was taken by ambulance to a nearby clinic and was later transported to a different hospital to see a professional for repair service of gynecologic accidents. Court docket documents say that McGuinness suffered “critical and long term bodily injuries” as effectively as impacts such as psychological anguish and lost earnings.
In addition to the rely of carelessness, a next count, “reduction of consortium,” relates to Emma McGuinness’ husband, Edward McGuinness.
“As a direct and proximate final result of Disney’s carelessness as described previously mentioned, Edward McGuinness has experienced reduction of his wife’s treatment, comfort, consortium, help and products and services,” the grievance reads.
Emma and Edward McGuinness are suing for compensatory damages and taxable expenditures and are demanding a jury trial.
CNN has arrived at out to Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore, attorneys for the plaintiffs, for remark.
