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Wet 'n Wild: When Water Rides Should be Subject to the Highest Duty of Care

2015; University of Kansas; Linguagem: Inglês

10.17161/1808.20286

1942-9258

Paul Mose,

Two thrill ride accidents in July 2013-one involving a woman who fell seventy-five feet to her death from a roller coaster, 1 and another involving a log flume that overturned and trapped seven patrons underwater 2 -placed national attention on the safety of amusement park rides. 3Following the accidents, social media erupted with calls for increased ride safety. 4 At the same time, a Kansas waterpark was completing construction on the world's "tallest, fastest and 'most extreme' water slide ever built" 5 -the Verrückt, which is "German for insane." 6A target for "adrenaline junkies who are always looking for the * J.D. Candidate 2015, University of Kansas School of Law; B.S. 2012, Emporia State University.I would like to thank my wife, Melissa, who has put up with me since second grade, never once complained about the demands of law school, and made every single day better.