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A developmentally disabled man riding the Ferris wheel Tuesday at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport slipped out of his car and dropped between the wheel's spokes before being rescued by six employees of Evans United Rides, which operates the ride.
Read more from The Quad-City Times.
I always struggle with whether I’m doing the right thing or not. This is especially stressful when I have a license to protect. It comes down to deciding between a person’s ability to “live life to the fullest” versus the liability issue should the unthinkable happen.
This is truly a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t for the ride operators. They have always let my students ride IF I’m with them. I can’t imagine it is good PR to refuse ridership (See the recent Tampa Busch Garden’s cases). However, should an accident happen, guess who is open to lawsuits…?
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