The lawsuit, filed in Orange County, Florida, alleges that Walt Disney World Resort “failed to warn of a dangerous condition it knew or should have known about” on the Humunga-Cowabunga waterslide at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. The “dangerous condition” alleged in the lawsuit is “the absence of a lifeguard at the end of the waterpark ride.”
The lawsuit, filed by Laura Reyes Merino, alleges that on May 11, 2024, the plaintiff “went tubing on the Humunga Cowabunga ride and at some point lost consciousness after being thrown inside the ride.” Humunga Cowabunga It’s a 214-foot long body slide that doesn’t require tubes.
Her mother and fiancé “found her limp body at the end of the ride and frantically called for help from attendants,” who “were not lifeguards and had to search for them to render assistance.” Lifeguards arrived and called an ambulance. The lawsuit alleges that if Disney had “presented a lifeguard at the end of the ride…Plaintiff would not have drowned in the water and vomited blood, and therefore would not have suffered brain damage.” It does not explain how a lifeguard at the end of the ride could have prevented the passenger from “being hit and losing consciousness on the ride.”
The lawsuit follows a lawsuit filed by Emma and Edward McGuinness against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts over a 2019 incident in which Emma McGuinness experienced a “painful wedgie” on the same slide.
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