I have no love for frivolous theme park lawsuits?????? and unfortunately it looks like Dollywood is now the latest victim of one. According to TMZ a Tennessee couple is attempting to sue Dollywood for nearly half a million after claiming that the woman slipped out of the park??????s Waltzing Swinger ride (wave swinger), falling 10 feet where she struck her head and now suffers from brain damage. The couple blames the park for running the ride in wet weather, making it more slick.
What makes no sense however is that like all wave swinger style rides, the Waltzing Swinger ride at Dollywood holds guests into their seats during the ride with a steel bar across the chair, held in place by connecting the crotch strap attached to the front of the seat, which prevents any rider from being able to ever slip out of their seat, no matter how wet or dry the conditions are. In fact, the only way one would ever slip out of the seat would be if they were to reach out in mid-ride, unclip the crotch strap, and try to slip out of their seat on purpose in order to try and file file a frivolous lawsuit.
So unless there is evidence that the crotch strap somehow broke, I can??????t see this lawsuit going very far, as there is a long and sad history of people across the nation who risk true personal injury by trying to fall out of rides, down stairs or whatever else is handy, in order to file a lawsuit in the hopes of a quick out of court settlement.
What makes no sense however is that like all wave swinger style rides, the Waltzing Swinger ride at Dollywood holds guests into their seats during the ride with a steel bar across the chair, held in place by connecting the crotch strap attached to the front of the seat, which prevents any rider from being able to ever slip out of their seat, no matter how wet or dry the conditions are. In fact, the only way one would ever slip out of the seat would be if they were to reach out in mid-ride, unclip the crotch strap, and try to slip out of their seat on purpose in order to try and file file a frivolous lawsuit.
So unless there is evidence that the crotch strap somehow broke, I can??????t see this lawsuit going very far, as there is a long and sad history of people across the nation who risk true personal injury by trying to fall out of rides, down stairs or whatever else is handy, in order to file a lawsuit in the hopes of a quick out of court settlement.