If I remember this ride correctly, you are not allowed to touch the restraints and the operators come and push them down? But there's a big knob that your legs go around......so even if the operator came and pushed down the restraints all the way down, no way would it get close to the nards to cause damage.
Lawsuits and crap are not fun, and quite often you can be sued and it not be your fault at all.......but settlement occurs because it's cheaper. I've had several professional lawsuits brought against me that were not of significant money to not settle. Just to defend myself in these suits it would have been $35,000 to $45,000. If the judge doesn't throw out the case, then you either defend or settle. Since both settlements were $5,000 it was a no brainer on our part. I hated to settle, but business wise it made since to do so.
So unless the judge throws out the case for not having merit, SDC will either spend money defending the case or will settle for a smaller amount. If happens often, maybe SDC has lawyers on staff so the lawsuit expense could be negligible and they fight it all the way through trial. We don't have that luxury of having staff lawyers, so the lawyer expense is always compared to the settlement amount.
Jay
