A Florida lady has filed a lawsuit in opposition to Disney, saying she misplaced consciousness and sustained a mind harm after driving a waterslide at Hurricane Lagoon Water Park.
The lawsuit, filed on Monday in Orange County, says that Laura Reyes-Merino visited the theme park on Could 11 and rode the Humunga Kowabunga, in response to the lawsuit, obtained by WKMG, an area Orlando information outlet.
The lady’s legal professional, Richard Russo, didn’t instantly return a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
The Walt Disney World web site says the waterslide has a “near-vertical” 214-foot drop with a 60-degree angle.
Reyes-Merino fell unconscious after “banging contained in the journey,” in response to the lawsuit. Her household found her limp on the finish of the waterslide.
“The attendants instructed (Reyes-Merino’s) fiancé and mom that they weren’t lifeguards and must discover lifeguards to assist,” the lawsuit says. “As they had been all ready for assist, blood saved popping out of (Reyes-Merino’s) mouth within the water.”
Reyes-Merino’s fiancé pulled her from the water, however a lifeguard who arrived on the scene instructed the household to not contact her, prompting them to name an ambulance, the lawsuit says.
“Had (Disney) had lifeguards on the finish of the journey to observe and assist company coming off the journey, Plaintiff’s mind harm wouldn’t have occurred as she would not have been drowning within the water coughing up blood,” the lawsuit says.
Reyes-Merino has skilled psychological, emotional, and bodily illnesses following the incident, together with mind injury, the lawsuit says. She’s searching for $50,000 in damages.
Representatives for Walt Disney World and Reyes-Merino didn’t reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
Disney has confronted lawsuits associated to the Humunga Kowabunga waterslide prior to now, together with in October 2023, when a girl claimed she skilled vaginal bleeding after a tough touchdown.
That lawsuit mentioned the lady skilled everlasting bodily harm following the incident. She additionally sought $50,000.
