The 2023 lawsuit against Disney for a “painful wedgie” suffered at Typhoon Lagoon has been dropped by the plaintiff after time in court.
Typhoon Lagoon Lawsuit
A 2023 lawsuit filed in Orange County, FL alleged that Walt Disney World Resort failed “to warn [guests] of the inherent dangers presented” on the Humunga Kowabunga waterslide at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, a shortcoming that resulted in one guest’s “severe and permanent” injuries. The complaint filed by Emma and Edward McGuinness against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts details a 2019 incident in which Emma McGuinness suffered a “painful wedgie” on the slide; the couple sought $50,000 in damages.
The nine-page complaint was filed on September 27, 2023, and is available to read in its entirety on LawandCrime.com.
McGuinness and her family visited Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon on October 14, 2019, according to the suit. She, along with her daughter and mother, rode Humunga Cowabunga, a waterslide that the document describes as “three, 214-foot, side-by-side enclosed body slides in which riders plummet down a near-vertical [five]-story drop in the dark, reaching speeds approaching 40 miles per hour.”…