Earlier this month, a lawsuit was filed against Broadway at the Beach, Burroughs and Chapin after two women from New York suffered injuries and broken bones when they went down a slide at Broadway on the Beach. The two women are Jillian McGovern and Ally Mulcahy. According to their lawsuit, the two were visiting Myrtle Beach “during the weekend of April 29, 2017, for a friend’s wedding.” After the wedding, McGovern and Mulcahy headed back to their hotel but stopped by Pavilion Park Central along the way. Pavilion Park Central was where the slide was.
Earlier this month, a lawsuit was filed against Broadway at the Beach and Burroughs & Chapin after two women from New York suffered injuries and broken bones when they went down a slide at Broadway on the Beach. The two women are Jillian McGovern and Ally Mulcahy. According to their lawsuit, the two were visiting Myrtle Beach “during the weekend of April 29, 2017, for a friend’s wedding.” After the wedding, McGovern and Mulcahy headed back to their hotel but stopped by Pavilion Park Central along the way. Pavilion Park Central was where the slide was.
Despite the park being closed, the two women were able to enter. In fact, the suit states:
“Even though it was closed, the plaintiffs were easily able to move the unsecured gate at the entrance to the Pipeline Slide and climb the stairs to the top of the slide. Without any employees present to instruct them, the plaintiffs were not aware that they needed to have the slide sprayed with water, nor did they know that they needed a burlap sack to safely go down the side…Without these safety precautions, the plaintiffs slid down the slide at a very high velocity, colliding with the metal barrier at the bottom of the slide. As a result of the collision, both plaintiffs sustained significant injuries.”
After the incident, both McGovern and Mulcahy went to Grand Strand Medical Center in the early morning hours on April 30, 2017, and were treated for their injuries. According to the lawsuit, “Mulcahy sustained a broken right ankle, broken left ankle and multiple fractures to her left tibia, which has required surgeries and therapy to repair.” McGovern, on the other hand, “sustained a broken tibia, shattered knee plate, and two broken ankles.” After both women had their injuries treated, they spent weeks in follow-up appointments with providers in New York.
The suit further states:
“Both have had an extended recovery period due to their significant injuries and surgeries required to repair the injuries. They have also had to take significant time off work. Neither plaintiff has fully recovered from her injuries. They were both independent, successful young adults, who have had to take extended time off from work for treatment of their injuries…The defendants failed to secure Pipeline Slide, knowing that patrons of Broadway at the Beach would be passing through and have open access to Pavilion Park at all hours of the day. In the manufacture and design of the slide, BN failed to install proper safety equipment to secure the Pipeline Slide when not in use.”
As a result of their injuries and ordeal, Mulcahy and McGovern are seeking “actual, consequential and special damages, for an award of punitive damages, for costs and attorneys’ fees and for such other and further relief as this court deems just and proper,” according to the suit.
Sources:
Women file lawsuit after breaking bones on closed slide at Myrtle Beach
NY women who sustained ‘significant injuries’ on closed slide at Broadway at the Beach file lawsuit
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