Disney accused of \u2018downplaying\u2019 \u201cpainful wedgie\u201d waterslide injury amid lawsuit DisneyDisney has been accused of \u201crunning interference\u201d amid an ongoing lawsuit surrounding a \u201cserious\u201d waterslide injury that occurred at one of its theme parks. For thrill-seekers, the Humunga Kowabunga might just sound like the perfect ride. Found at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida, it\u2019s advertised as the \u201cfastest, steepest waterslide\u201d on offer in Typhoon Lagoon. On their website, it states that riders \u201cwon\u2019t know what\u2019s coming\u201d when they make the 214-foot drop, but now it seems the ride has delivered on that promise a little too well. A woman and her husband are suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts after she was left with \u201csevere and permanent bodily\u201d injuries sustained while riding down the 65-meter waterslide \u2014 and internet users are theorizing that Disney is trying to \u201cdownplay\u201d the incident. Emma McGuinness was celebrating her 30th birthday with her husband Edward and his family when their holiday at the resort was cut short on October 14, 2019. According to the lawsuit filed last Wednesday, Emma suffered \u201cserious\u201d injuries when she made impact with water at the bottom of a \u201cnear-vertical, five-story drop\u201d in the slide. While the water was meant to slow riders down, it also caused her one-piece bathing suit to be \u201cviolently forced inside her.\u201d \u201cShe experienced immediate and severe pain internally and, as she stood up, blood began rushing from between her legs,\u201d the lawsuit read. Emma was taken to a local hospital by ambulance and later had to see a specialist for gynecologic injuries. Now the couple is suing for compensatory damages and taxable costs, the suit alleging Disney was \u201cnegligent and breached its duties of reasonable care\u201d. Internet users were quick to respond to the news, alleging \u201cinterference\u201d may be involved in how the lawsuit has been reported on so far. Claiming Emma\u2019s \u201cvery serious\u201d injuries were being downplayed by Disney as a \u201cpainful wedgie\u201d, one Twitter user wrote; \u201cIntentionally lying about the severity of a plaintiff\u2019s claims to falsely paint them as some greedy scammer abusing the legal system should be additionally sue-able as [fraud or defamation in my opinion].\u201d Another person sarcastically wrote, \u201cAh yes, because I\u2019ve totally had a bad wedgie cause major gynecological injury and damage reproductive systems and intestines so bad they had to be operated on! Quit running interference for Disney!\u201d Only time will tell whether Disney will have to pay for the couple\u2019s sought-after \u201cdamages exceeding $50,000, exclusive of interest and costs.\u201d Check out all the latest entertainment news on our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Disney accused of \u2018downplaying\u2019 \u201cpainful wedgie\u201d waterslide injury amid lawsuit DisneyDisney has been accused of \u201crunning interference\u201d amid an ongoing lawsuit surrounding a \u201cserious\u201d waterslide injury that occurred at one of its theme parks. For thrill-seekers, the Humunga Kowabunga might just sound like the perfect ride. Found at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}