Woman sues Disney over water slide wedgie that left her injured

Woman sues Disney: One of a couple’s wedgies at Typhoon Lagoon water park resulted in a “injurious” wedgie, and they are suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a result.

Emma McGuinness and her husband Edward claimed in their last-week-filed lawsuit in Orange County, Florida, that Emma McGuinness suffered an injury while using the Humunga Kowabunga water slide in October 2019.

She used her trip to Walt Disney World with her family, which included her 30th birthday, to ride the slide, where users zoom 214 feet downhill. The lawsuit stated that Ms. McGuinness’ clothing was cruelly pulled between her legs and water was aggressively forced within her due to the impact of the slide and her impact into the standing water at its base.

The lawsuit stated that McGuinness, who was dressed in a one-piece bathing suit, experienced “immediate and severe pain internally” and was bleeding between her legs. She was rushed to a nearby hospital by ambulance, then subsequently transferred to another hospital for “the repair of her gynecologic injuries.”

In their lawsuit, the pair is asking for “damages exceeding $50,000, exclusive of interest and costs.” Requests for comment from Disney and the plaintiffs’ counsel were not immediately fulfilled.

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Woman sues Disney over water slide wedgie

The lawsuit asserts that Disney Parks was negligent “and breached its duties of reasonable care owed to Ms. McGuinness” by failing to provide her or other visitors with protective clothing or equipment, such as shorts, warning her of the risks she and other women faced on the slide, maintaining or inspecting the slide to prevent riders from becoming airborne, among other failings.

Riders are instructed to cross their legs at the ankles at the top of the slide, but no explanation of why is provided, the complaint claims. The lawsuit claimed that as McGuinness assumed that position, she was propelled into the air and “slammed downward” onto the slide’s finish, increasing the likelihood that her legs would uncross.

The risk of water being forced into women’s bodies is higher than it is for men due to their unique anatomy and the sort of swimwear they usually wear, according to the complaint.

According to the lawsuit, McGuinness suffered pain and suffering, lasting mental anguish, lost wages, and other effects as a result. Additionally, it is claimed that Edward McGuinness “suffered loss of his wife’s care, comfort, consortium, support and services.”