A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed against Walt Disney World one year after a 4 year old Pennsylvania boy died after riding the Mission-Space simulator ride.
The family of Daudi Bamuwamye filed the wrongful death lawsuit against the company in Orange County Circuit Court seeking unspecified damages. The wrongful death lawsuit says company officials should never have allowed a boy so small onto the ride, did not adequately warn the public of the ride's hazards, and did not do enough to help him when he got off the ride injured.
Mission-Space spins riders inside a mock spaceship, using centrifugal force, other physical motion, video and audio to simulate a trip to Mars.
In April a 49-year-old German woman, became the second person to die after riding the attraction. At least 10 others have been hospitalized, and at least 130 more have been treated at the scene for injury and illnesses.
During the ride, Agnes Bamuwamye saw her son tense up, scream, and then become unresponsive. When the ride ended, paramedics and later physicians at Florida Hospital Celebration were unable to resuscitate him.
The wrongful death lawsuit accuses Disney of not doing anything to modify the ride or adequately warn the public of danger even though many people have been injured or sick since the ride has been open.
Reference:
"Family Sues Disney Over Boy's Death After Ride," Orlando Sentinel, Scott Powers, June 2006.
