Lawsuit claims woman’s death stemmed from Disneyland fall

The lawsuit claims that workers didn't help however snickered and giggled as they watched a disabled girl battle earlier than she misplaced her stability on the blocks, fell backward and fractured the femur in her proper leg. She died from an an infection 5 months later.(Supply: Anna Fox/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A lawsuit claims Disneyland workers snickered at a disabled girl struggling to get off a Jungle Cruise boat earlier than she fell and broke a leg, resulting in her demise from an an infection 5 months later.

The lawsuit was filed in federal court docket in November by the household of Joanne Aguilar, 66, of Ventura, in opposition to the Walt Disney Firm, its theme park division and Disneyland, the Southern California Information Group reported this week.

In a response filed with the court docket Dec. 29, Disney denied the allegations and mentioned it's in search of a jury trial, the information group reported.

In accordance with the lawsuit, Aguilar went to Disneyland on Aug. 22, 2021, along with her grownup daughters Andrea Mallul and Zenobia Hernandez.

The lawsuit says Disneyland workers on the Jungle Cruise trip informed the household a wheelchair-accessible boat was unavailable and Aguilar opted to board with the help of her daughters.

On the finish of the trip, workers “positioned small unsecured blocks on prime of the present steps contained in the boat to cut back the peak of every step” and the daughters tried to assist Aguilar get out of the boat, the lawsuit says.

It claims that workers didn't help however snickered and giggled as they watched Aguilar battle earlier than she misplaced her stability on the blocks, fell backward and fractured the femur in her proper leg.

Aguilar had surgical procedure at a neighborhood hospital the place she spent 10 days earlier than transferring to a rehabilitation heart. In accordance with the lawsuit, she spent 5 months on the heart, acquired an an infection, went into septic shock and died on Jan. 29, 2022.

The lawsuit claims wrongful demise and violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act. It seeks financial damages for ache, psychological struggling, humiliation, medical prices and funeral bills.

The case was assigned this month to U.S. District Decide Cormac Carney on the Santa Ana courthouse.