A lawsuit filed by two women against the Disneyland amusement park in California accuses employees of laughing and making fun of their mother, a Latina with a physical injury, when she was trying to get out of an attraction;
she moments later she fell and broke her leg, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Joanne Aguilar, 66, a resident of Ventura County, California, spent 10 days in the hospital after the accident she suffered on August 22, 2021, and died five months later from an infection and septic shock during her recovery, according to the lawsuit. judicial.
His daughters, Zenobia Hernández and Andrea Maullul, allege that the injury in the park caused the death of Aguilar, and demand that Disneyland pay "all economic damages", including medical costs, burial and funeral expenses, the fees of the lawyers.
Disneyland denied the accusation and asked that the suit be dismissed.
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According to the testimony of the daughters, the day they visited the Anaheim Disneyland Park (in Los Angeles, California), Aguilar received a wheelchair from the park's access service for people with disabilities because he had a knee injury. .
When the family boarded the Jungle Cruise attraction, they were told that the wheelchair-accessible boats (with ramp and lift) were not available, according to the lawsuit, but were told they could use one of the other boats.
Aguilar was able to board the boat with the help of her daughters, but upon disembarking she had trouble on the steps, according to the lawsuit.
The family alleges that the employees stared and at one point "started laughing out loud as they watched [Aguilar] try to get off the boat safely."
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According to the lawsuit, Aguilar "began to feel ashamed and embarrassed by the situation and felt dehumanized." The woman lost her balance and fell backwards, causing a compound fracture in her right leg. She was hospitalized for 10 days in Anaheim Global Medical Center hospital and then transferred to a rehabilitation center.
During his recovery, Aguilar contracted an infection, which caused him to go into septic shock and his death on January 29, 2022.
Disneyland attorneys allege that the injuries suffered by Aguilar were "caused or contributed to" by her or her daughters, and that the family was aware of the risks they took at the park.
