A Disneyland guest filed personal damages claims against Walt Disney Co., claiming that the company should be held liable for injuries she allegedly suffered when she hit her head while exiting the Space Mountain roller coaster in the theme park.

The Disney roller coaster lawsuit was filed by plaintiff Sarah A. She says that she hit her head on a law ceiling when exiting a roller coaster in the Anaheim, Calif. Disneyland theme park. Sarah says that as a result, she developed a concussion for which she needed serious medical treatment. According to Sarah, she continues to require treatment for her concussion.

Allegedly, Sarah’s injury occurred after she had ridden the Space Mountain ride multiple times during her Disneyland visit. However, she says that on Dec. 16, 2017, the ride malfunctioned, and riders were directed to exit the ride early. She says that she and other riders had to exit the ride in the dark.

Sarah’s personal damages claims say that she stood up when exiting the roller coaster. Allegedly, the exit to the ride was dark, and she did not see that the ceiling was so low that she would hit her head. She goes on to say that she was not warned that the ceiling was low, and was only warned to watch her step as she exited the ride.

The Disney roller coaster lawsuit says that Disney should have warned her that the ceiling was low and that the company failed to protect riders from harm. As a result, she claims that Disney should be held liable for her injury.

Sarah says that she was dazed when she left the ride and was diagnosed with a concussion after she went to the emergency room.

Sarah and her husband seek damages to compensate for Sarah’s physical injury, and for financial injury. Allegedly, Disney’s negligence caused her to incur medical bills and lose wages because of missed work.

Personal injury claims can take a range of forms. Injuries can be either physical, emotional, or financial, or can take another form. In cases like Sarah’s, they may involve multiple types of injury.

Filing a lawsuit over personal damages claims can help people seek damages for multiple kinds of injuries — even emotional injury can be quantified in a personal injury claim.

In some cases, victims will attempt to hold someone accountable for negligent inflection of mental distress. This claim is made when the harm was not inflicted intentionally. For instance, someone could claim negligent inflection of emotional distress claim is when the harm could have been prevented had the party in question been more careful.  

Victims can also claim the infliction of emotional or physical harm was intentional, or was done knowingly. This claim could be made if someone intentionally inflicted physical harm that then caused emotional harm, or if the person intentionally aimed to hurt someone emotionally.  

The Disney Roller Coaster Accident Personal Injury Lawsuit is Case No. 8:19-cv-01665, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.