Disney sued over ‘severe’ injuries allegedly caused by ‘wedgie’ from water slide(cnn.com)
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Disney sued over ‘severe’ injuries allegedly caused by ‘wedgie’ from water slide
https://www.cnn.com/travel/typhoon-lagoon-disney-sued-over-injuries-wedgie-water-slide/index.html
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Hard to believe that "Loss of consortium" is really still a thing in 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_consortium
Loss of consortium arising from personal injuries was recognized under the English common law. In 1349, the Statute of Labourers made legal provision to prevent servants changing employers, and to prevent prospective employers enticing servants away from other employers. Common law developed on the basis of this statute, such that the law extended from covering servants to covering family members. Since some family relationships were seen as analogous to property relationships (e.g. fathers owned their children and husbands owned their wives), harm done to family members could be seen as deprivation of benefits to the family member with legal control over them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_consortium
Loss of consortium arising from personal injuries was recognized under the English common law. In 1349, the Statute of Labourers made legal provision to prevent servants changing employers, and to prevent prospective employers enticing servants away from other employers. Common law developed on the basis of this statute, such that the law extended from covering servants to covering family members. Since some family relationships were seen as analogous to property relationships (e.g. fathers owned their children and husbands owned their wives), harm done to family members could be seen as deprivation of benefits to the family member with legal control over them.
mmm
She was hospitalized with "permanent bodily injury" and "vaginal lacerations," the complaint said. It said that the incident also caused her bowel to protrude "through her abdominal wall" in a hernia. [1]
This is another corporate ploy at influencing public opinion. The use of the word "Wedgie" is a disgusting misrepresentation akin to the McDonalds coffee accident that caused 3rd degree burns[2].
[1] https://www.insider.com/woman-sues-disney-claims-water-slide...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_Restau...