A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit against SeaWorld after she was injured when someone struck her on an Aquatica waterslide last year.
Melissa Velazquez was at SeaWorld in Orlando on June 23, 2023, when she was “violently confronted” by another adult.[ed]He joined her on the water slide before she got up and left the scene. FOX 35 Orlando.
“[As] “Plaintiff slid down the subject waterslide, and before he could stand up and exit the slide, another adult patron slid down the subject waterslide and struck Plaintiff with such force that Plaintiff sustained severe and permanent injuries,” the lawsuit states.
According to the lawsuit, Velazquez claims the theme park was negligent at the time of the accident because there were “no employees or lifeguards on duty” on the water slide when he was hit.
According to court documents, Velazquez suffered physical, emotional and mental injuries after the crash.
“As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s negligence, Plaintiff has suffered personal injuries including permanent damage to his entire body, pain and suffering of both a physical and mental nature, disability, impairment, permanent scarring/disfigurement, mental anguish, aggravation of pre-existing medical conditions, inconvenience, loss of ability to enjoy life, hospitalization costs, medical and nursing care and treatment, loss of ability to earn money, and loss of ability to live and enjoy a normal life,” the lawsuit states.
“The losses are permanent or continuing and Plaintiffs will suffer losses in the future,” the lawsuit alleges.
According to FOX 35, Velazquez is seeking more than $50,000 in damages and a jury trial.
