Oh Goofy, what have you done now?
Katrina Amiens Redfern Griffin was bent over, tying her daughter's shoes during a trip to Disneyland in April 2022, when a park employee dressed as Goofy — the malicious but lovable cartoon dog — attacked her head on, according to her lawsuit she filed in Orange County. supreme court.
She then claims he fell on her with all his weight, pushing her onto the “hard cement floor.”
She said Griffin suffered “serious, traumatic, debilitating and permanent” physical injuries from the collision, along with emotional pain and suffering.
Now, Griffin is suing Disneyland, the unnamed employee inside Goofy's costume, and Goofy's “handler,” another employee who was supposed to guide the ridiculously large character around the park to make sure he didn't bump into anything, according to the lawsuit. .
Disney representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday evening.
Personal injury lawsuits may not be the most pressing issue for Disney lawyers right now. The entertainment empire is embroiled in a number of high-profile legal battles that have put it on the front lines of the country's culture wars.
The film department fired actress Gina Carano from “The Mandalorian” in 2021 after her social media posts questioned the results of the 2020 election and likened the treatment of American conservatives to German Jews during the Holocaust.
Carano, in turn, sued Disney for wrongful termination, claiming she was fired for standing up to “a cyberbullying mob that demanded that she conform to their extreme progressive ideology.”
In Florida, Disney is locked in an expansive legal battle with Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who assumed political control of the land on which Walt Disney World is located after company officials opposed the state's “Don't Say Gay” law, which bans classroom lessons on sexual orientation and identity. Nationality in the early grades.
But even as other issues emerged, infections at Disney theme parks, the company's source of revenue, continued to make headlines.
In October, Emma McGuinness filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney World, claiming she suffered a “nightmare” on the park's Humonga Cowabunga water slide.
The slide's online marketing promises “the ride of your life” and that “you won't know what's coming when you descend 214 feet into the dark and make your way to a surprise end!”
McGuinness's surprise was severe and permanent physical injury, according to her lawsuit.
Specifically, as she approached the pool at the bottom of the giant drop, her legs became uncrossed, allowing clothing and water to be “forced into her” due to the impact.
The lawsuit alleged that she went to the hospital with severe vaginal tears and her intestines protruding through her abdominal wall, among other internal injuries.
Griffin, the woman who said Goofy hit her at Disneyland, did not provide details of her physical injuries in her lawsuit.
She is asking Disney to pay her medical bills, lost earnings, and compensate her for the physical, mental and emotional pain she says she suffered.
Neither Griffin nor her attorney could be reached for comment Friday.
