A new lawsuit claims that a trip down a waterslide at Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon left a woman with a 'painful wedgie' that allegedly damaged internal organs.
  • 3laws@lemmy.worldEnglish
    415·
    1 year ago

    While that’s a fair point, it will not absolve Disney at all. Clearly the design is absolutely ass for it to be this life-threatening to begin with.

    This is 101 corporate apologia. Exact same vibes of old lady (with severe burns) v. McDonald’s.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      The problem is that the attraction of the slide is that riders can get up to 40mph and then splash into a pool.

      There’s an element of risk with any thing that gets you going that fast. Combined with the failure to follow safety directions….

      That said, Disney will settle out of court for medical bills and some extra to cover additional damages just to keep this shit out of the public.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      1 year ago

      No, the McDonald’s situation had previous documented warnings to the company that their policies regarding maintaining coffee temperatures that high were a safety hazard that they chose to ignore.

      The article says that employees advise every rider of what they need to do for the safety briefing. Have there been other injuries on this ride previously? I can’t find anything with a quick search and the article doesn’t seem to mention anything about previous issues until this woman ignored the safety advice.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      A lot of things, amusement rides particularly, are life threatening if you don’t follow instructions.

    • BoofStroke@lemm.eeEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      Some things carry risk. The risk is mitigated by proper use and following instructions. Can’t do that or accept the risk? Get out of line.