Been to Kennywood lots, I would never call the water in their rides pristine, but it isn’t ever “sludge like” either. The rides wouldn’t operate it it were.
‘The lawsuit states that while the Trostles were in line for the ride, they noticed that the Raging Rapids was “dirty, stagnant and sludge-like.”’
Then it would seem they bear at least partial responsibility for choosing to get on the ride any way after they noticed its unsafe condition, no?
Kennywood? Is this a South Park themed amusement park or something? Sounds fun.
So they noticed that the water was stagnant and disgusting, but got on the ride anyway?
What’s up with that?
“Your fly is open”
I would think that, unless they can find an actual sample of the water from the park, and show it has the parasites, that this would be a hard lawsuit to win.
I’d also expect that they’d have to show that normal procedures expected of the park for maintenance would have detected the parasite, and that the normal filtration would have removed the parasite.
They’d also probably have to show that the parasite is something listed as harmful.
They knew about the disease a couple of days after the park visit, so they should have had the opportunity to try to collect the evidence they needed, although it’s also possible any such contamination would have been cleaned up.
Of course, the biggest obstacle they will have is that, if Pa is like most states, there is a state law granting nearly blanket immunity to theme parks for any injuries. States like the tax revenue they get from these parks, and the parks would not be able to operate if they were held responsible for everybody they injured or killed.