Sam
TS Member
Screamscape said:New Texas Giant Accident News Reports - (2/19/14) In an interesting development, Six Flags has decided to join up with the family of Rosa Esparza is suing Gerstlauer, the maker of the train used on the New Texas Giant from which she was thrown to her death. Six Flags says they followed all the maintenance procedures, inspections and instructions as supplied by Gerstlauer and now says that the train that caused the death “was a defective product that was unreasonably dangerous in design, manufacture, distribution and promotion.”
Where does blame lie for this, with Six Flags or Gerst? Probably both. Safe operations and a safe ride system form a double-lock against accidents. If Six Flags had better H&S, it would have protected the rider against Gert's bad ride system, and if the ride system had a bigger safety margin built in, it would have protected against SF's negligence.