Amusement Park: Settlement Reached Over Accident
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Posted: 3:31 PM Nov 21, 2008
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom says it has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville girl whose feet were severed following an accident at the amusement park last year.

Kaitlyn Lasitter was 13 years old when she was injured after a cable broke on the Superman Tower of Power ride in June 2007. Doctors reattached her right foot, but were unable to save her left foot.

Kentucky Kingdom spokeswoman Carolyn McLean said Friday that the settlement will provide lifetime care for Kaitlyn. She said terms of the agreement are confidential.

Calls to Kaitlyn's father Randy and the family's attorney were not immediately returned.

A state report blamed a faulty cable and a ride operator's slow response, but officials say there's no way of knowing why the cable snapped.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Posted by: Laura on Nov 23, 2008 at 06:45 PM
Heather, why don't you go to an amusement park, have BOTH of your feet severed and have only one of them RE-ATTECHED and have to live the rest of your life (from the age of 13) with an artificial foot and see how you feel then. Your medical bills would be in the tens of thousands, of not hundreds of thousands, not to mention physical therapy, and the high risks of losing the other foot eventually anyway. Try to pay those bills on your own without suing and then tell us how you feel.
Posted by: darla on Nov 23, 2008 at 07:18 AM
all the money in this world could not replace what this girl has lost.heather if any lawsuit was rightfully due it was for this 13 year old girl.
Posted by: IKE on Nov 23, 2008 at 05:15 AM
To Heather, yeah sure , if you was in front of this poor little girl who's life is changed forever I bet you wouldn't talk that way ! Or if it was you missing a foot ! You ask me I wouldn't care if it wasn't there fault, all places like this need to have fund set up for things like this just because it is the right thing to do !
Posted by: Beth Ann on Nov 22, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Get real Heather. This little girl deserves this money, she will never be the same again. It is not one of those fruity lawsuits, that someone was just out to get a free ride, this child had her foot cut off and will never have it back. It was the amusement parks responsibility to make sure their rides was safe. I hope nothing like this ever happens to you.
Posted by: Heather on Nov 22, 2008 at 07:26 PM
In all honesty, these are machines and machines do have faults. I don't know how it was the operator's fault since it doesn't go into detail. But soon enough, amusement parks are going to have to have visitors sign waivers. I've never been to this park, but most do their best to keep their rides inspected and working correctly. Lawsuits only perpetuate higher prices and paychecks not being enough. Think about it.
Posted by: JRC on Nov 22, 2008 at 07:10 AM
This girl could not possibly have been given all she is owed!
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 22, 2008 at 12:13 AM
maybe the security footage would tell something
Posted by: Ty on Nov 21, 2008 at 06:03 PM
I would hope the settlement is in the tens of millions.
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