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Couple suing Disney World claims water slide caused 'painful wedgie,' severe injury

Couple suing Disney World claims water slide caused 'painful wedgie,' severe injury
MEANWHILE, A WOMAN IS SUING DISNEY AFTER SHE SAYS THAT SHE SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES ON ONE OF THEIR WATER SLIDES. YEAH, SHE SAYS IT HAPPENED AT TYPHOON LAGOON WHILE SHE WAS MARLEI MARTINEZ TAKES US THROUGH THE LAWSUIT, WHICH WAS JUST FILED IN ORANGE COUNTY. THIS IS THE WATER SLIDE AT THE CENTER OF THE LAWSUIT. HUMONGOUS COWABUNGA AT DISNEY’S TYPHOON LAGOON. PEOPLE PLUMMET DOWN A NEAR VERTICAL FIVE STORY DROP AND THEY GO WITHOUT A RAFT OR A TUBE ON WEDNESDAY, A COUPLE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST DISNEY SAYING THE WIFE SUFFERED SEVERE AND PERMANENT BODILY INJURY TO HER PRIVATE AREA AFTER GOING DOWN THE SLIDE IN OCTOBER 2019. THE COMPLAINT SAYS RIDERS CAN REACH SPEEDS APPROACHING 40 MILES AN HOUR AND BEFORE THEY GO DOWN THE SLIDE ARE TOLD TO CROSS THEIR LEGS AT THE ANKLES. IN THIS WOMAN’S CASE, THE LAWSUIT SAYS WHEN SHE WENT DOWN THE SLIDE NEAR THE END, HER BODY LIFTED UP. SHE BECAME AIRBORNE AND SHE WAS SLAMMED DOWNWARD AGAINST THE SLIDE, WHICH INCREASED THE LIKELIHOOD OF HER LEGS BECOMING UNCROSSED. THE DOCUMENT SAYS THAT AND HER IMPACT INTO THE STANDING WATER AT THE BOTTOM CAUSED A QUOTE, PAINFUL WEDGIE AND IMMEDIATE BLEEDING. AN AMBULANCE TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL FOR A SPECIALIST. THE LAWSUIT SAYS SHE SUFFERED DAMAGE TO HER INTERNAL ORGANS. NOW SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE SUING DISNEY FOR OVER $50,000, ACCUSING THE COMPANY OF NEGLIGENCE, SAYING DISNEY FAILED TO PROVIDE HER AND OTHER RIDERS WITH PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND FAILED TO WARN THEM OF INHERENT DANGERS. THE LAWSUIT SAYS HAD DISNEY WARNED HER ABOUT THE RISK, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE GONE DOWN THE SLIDE IN ORLANDO, MARLEI MARTINEZ WESH
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Couple suing Disney World claims water slide caused 'painful wedgie,' severe injury
A couple is now suing Disney World after they say a water slide caused a painful wedgie and severe injury. The lawsuit filed in Orange County on Wednesday is focused on Typhoon Lagoon and the 214-foot water slide there called Humunga Kowabunga.According to Disney, people plummet down a near-vertical five-story drop. Riders go without a raft or a tube. The complaint said riders can reach speeds approaching 40 miles per hour and before they go down the slide they are told to "cross their legs at the ankles."The lawsuit said in this woman's case, when she went down the slide, near the end “her body lifted up, she airborne, and she was slammed downward against The Slide – which increased the likelihood of her legs becoming uncrossed.”The document said that and “her impact into the standing water at the bottom” caused a "painful wedgie" and immediate bleeding. The lawsuit said an ambulance took the wife to a hospital, and she was eventually taken to another hospital for a specialist. It continued on to say she "suffered severe and permanent bodily injury" to her private area and "damage to her internal organs."Now, she and her husband are suing Disney for more than $50,000. They are accusing the company of negligence and say Disney failed to provide her and other riders with proper protective clothing and failed to warn them of inherent dangers.The lawsuit said had Disney warned her about the risk, she would not have gone down the slide.WESH 2 has reached out to Disney regarding the incident and is waiting to hear back. Top headlines:Listen to news and weather headlines with the WESH 2 podcast Woman still living in shed after Ian destroyed Orlo Vista homePolice: Central Florida resident shot man 6 times after he came to door asking to 'drink and chill'

A couple is now suing Disney World after they say a water slide caused a painful wedgie and severe injury.

The lawsuit filed in Orange County on Wednesday is focused on Typhoon Lagoon and the 214-foot water slide there called Humunga Kowabunga.

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According to Disney, people plummet down a near-vertical five-story drop. Riders go without a raft or a tube.

The complaint said riders can reach speeds approaching 40 miles per hour and before they go down the slide they are told to "cross their legs at the ankles."

The lawsuit said in this woman's case, when she went down the slide, near the end “her body lifted up, she [became] airborne, and she was slammed downward against The Slide – which increased the likelihood of her legs becoming uncrossed.”

The document said that and “her impact into the standing water at the bottom” caused a "painful wedgie" and immediate bleeding.

The lawsuit said an ambulance took the wife to a hospital, and she was eventually taken to another hospital for a specialist. It continued on to say she "suffered severe and permanent bodily injury" to her private area and "damage to her internal organs."

Now, she and her husband are suing Disney for more than $50,000. They are accusing the company of negligence and say Disney failed to provide her and other riders with proper protective clothing and failed to warn them of inherent dangers.

The lawsuit said had Disney warned her about the risk, she would not have gone down the slide.

WESH 2 has reached out to Disney regarding the incident and is waiting to hear back.

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