Six Flags Great America sued by family of disabled boy for ride prohibition

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Ann McKinney, of Decatur, claims her young son Rory was refused permission on “the vast majority” of rides at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee two years ago due to his disability, according to the suit filed Friday in U.S. District Court. Rory has Radial-Ulnar club hand, a “congenital upper extremity deformity” in both of his arms, the suit states.

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I think this would've resulted in a lawsuit either way. Had the kid gone on and got hurt, the family would be suing the park for letting him on. I'm all for equal rights, but if a disability is a safety hazard, the park had every right to not let the kid ride.

Beyond a right ("to not let the kid ride")... a responsibility.

The parks are damned if they do, and damned if they don't.

Fever I really enjoy the Simpsons. It's just a shame that I am starting to LOOK like Homer.

He probably would have gone on the kiddie coaster and skinned his elbow.

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