A person allegedly injured after an ill-fated journey down a waterslide at Walt Disney World is suing the theme park big for $50,000 in damages — though he was greater than 30 kilos over the experience’s weight restrict on the time.
Within the lawsuit filed final Thursday, Eugene Strickland claims that he’s nonetheless scuffling with the aftermath of “catastrophic injuries” he sustained after driving the Downhill Double Dipper at Disney’s Blizzard Seaside Waterpark in July 2021.
On the time, Strickland weighed 334 kilos, in keeping with the criticism, which put him simply over the experience’s 300-pound restrict. It’s unclear if he was warned about or conscious of the burden restrict earlier than happening the slide.
Strickland allegedly “became momentarily airborne” on the waterslide earlier than finally touchdown “with force onto the hard plastic surface of the slide” after shedding management of the interior tube he was driving in, in keeping with the criticism.
The lawsuit pins blame on the waterslide’s design and “exhilarating speeds,” in keeping with the criticism.
Strickland asserts that he “suffered serious bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, scarring, disfigurement, mental anguish, [and] loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life” that he nonetheless grapples with immediately, in keeping with the criticism.
He additionally claims that Disney World is immediately negligent for failing to determine protected premises and that they had been effectively conscious of the “safety hazard” and “concealed trap” the waterslide offered that contributed to his accidents.
Strickland is in search of $50,000 in damages from the leisure kingpin, in keeping with the criticism.
Disney has their palms full with waterpark complaints this summer time.
One Lengthy Island mom is suing for a staggering $2 million in damages after she was allegedly scarred by a “mammoth” wave on the resort’s Hurricane Lagoon.
The Submit has reached out to Disney for remark.
