Amusement park ride manufacturers are a decent sized portion of the insurance deals that I see. There aren't that many out there, and most of them have had an incident like this. I think that we're going to find out that this was caused by either poor maintenance or operator error. It's also possible that she did something stupid, although that doesn't sound like a real possibility given that this is a leg injury. If it were a hand or arm, it was most likely caused by her putting it somewhere it wasn't supposed to be. Like I said, there's only a low chance that will prove to be the cause, but it's a chance.
Although I'm sure she'd rather have her legs, she's most likely looking at around $4M ($2M for each leg) in settlements. The risk manager of the park, and his insurance carriers, probably just got out the checkbook. They don't want this to go to court.
__________________
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin
"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
|