Overview
- North Carolina resident Fabricio Javier Sanchez Lopez alleges smoldering debris from the Happily Ever After show struck his eye on November 24, 2023, causing significant injury.
- The complaint was filed on October 31 in Orange Circuit Court and seeks more than $50,000 in damages, citing serious bodily injury and permanent scarring.
- The filing contends Disney failed to account for wind and other weather factors and characterizes large‑scale pyrotechnic displays as inherently dangerous activities.
- Disney has not issued a public response to the lawsuit, and the plaintiff’s attorney did not provide further details on the injury’s severity or the guest’s viewing location.
- An earlier lawsuit over a child allegedly hit by a fireworks ember in March 2023 is still pending after a judge ruled the ultra‑hazardous question should proceed to fact‑finding.