A woman has filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney Parks, claiming she suffered a brain injury after being knocked unconscious and left “limp” and bleeding after riding a water slide at Typhoon Lagoon in Florida.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in a circuit court in Orange County, Florida, alleges that Disney failed to provide a safe environment and provide a warning that there were no lifeguards at the end of the ride.
NBC News has not verified whether the park has posted signs or warnings about lifeguards during the ride.
The lawsuit states that after the woman’s mother and fiancée discovered she was limping, they asked ride attendants for help. The counselors told the couple that they were not lifeguards and that they needed to find lifeguards.
“If Defendant had had lifeguards at the end of the ride to watch and assist guests coming off the ride, Plaintiff’s brain injury would not have occurred because she would not have drowned in the water while coughing up blood,” she said. the lawsuit.
Disney did not respond to a request for comment.
The woman, a 25-year-old from Orange County, is undergoing neurological treatment after the traumatic experience, her attorney Richard Russo said.
“Her mother said she heard her head hit the slide because the mother was also on the slide,” Russo said. “Her fiancé and her mother frantically requested a lifeguard, but there were no lifeguards around.”
The lawsuit seeks damages in excess of $50,000.
The Humunga Kowabunga attraction is the steepest water slide in Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, sending riders downhill at speeds of nearly 60 km/h, according to the park’s website.
In October, another woman filed a personal injury lawsuit related to the same ride, claiming the ride caused a “dangerous wedgie” that left her with severe vaginal lacerations and internal organ damage.
Disney has not yet responded to the lawsuit.
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