Amusement Park Accidents
The most unglamorous places are the most photogenic when it comes to documentary filmmaking. Long before YouTube and Netflix enabled us to feast on documentary footage of people’s misfortune day and night, the 1975 documentary film Grey Gardens depicted two women, relatives by marriage of President Kennedy, living in a dilapidated mansion in New York state. Later on, the main action in the documentary Shut Up, Little Man took place in a run-down residential hotel in California; the filmmakers nicknamed it the Pepto Bismol Palace because of its sickly pink hue. You don’t have to go to interesting places like New York and California to see this type of film, though. The action in Class Action Park takes place right here in the Garden State, specifically at the Action Park amusement park in Vernon Township. The documentary kept numerous people entertained for a few hours of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown with tales of the accident-prone theme park that closed in 1996, except for a brief reopening during the second Obama administration. While the freewheeling days of rogue amusement park rides largely belong to the past, amusement park ride malfunctions still occasionally happen, even with today’s safety standards. If you got injured in an amusement park ride accident, contact Monaco Law PC’s amusement ride lawyer.
Five People Injured When Six Flags Rollercoaster Malfunctions
The Six Flags amusement park in Jackson, New Jersey has seen its share of run-ins with the law, but one ride malfunction several years ago was one of the worst. In the summer of 2022, the El Toro rollercoaster suddenly jolted while it was full of passengers. It did not derail, but the turbulence was enough to injure some of the people onboard. First responders attended to the 14 people who had been on the ride when it malfunctioned and determined that five of them required transport to the emergency room. Of the five most seriously injured passengers, two had back injuries, two had mouth injuries, and one had a neck injury. None of their injuries were life-threatening.
Premises liability laws protect guests who get injured when amusement park rides malfunction. Amusement parks have a legal duty to maintain their rides in safe condition, and when they malfunction and cause injuries, the amusement park is responsible for the medical expenses associated with the guests’ accident-related injuries. The protections afforded by premises liability laws are the strongest for business invitees, that is, for paying customers. Amusement parks and other recreational facilities might ask customers to sign waivers absolving them of liability for accidental injuries, but these are mostly wishful thinking on the part of the facilities. Liability waivers do not absolve businesses of negligence or of the responsibility to maintain safe conditions.
Contact Monaco Law About Amusement Park Accidents
Contact Monaco Law PC in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for an amusement park, personal injury law firm serving Atlantic County, Bucks County, Burlington County, Cape May County, Camden County, Chester County, Cumberland County, Delaware County, Gloucester County, Mercer County, Middlesex County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Ocean County, Salem County, Susquehanna County and all of New Jersey.
Source:
abcnews.go.com/US/people-hospital-flags-roller-coaster-ride-officials/story?id=88890805
