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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by empath75 on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:49PM (#16683389)
The father of the kid that died is a state legislator and he got a huge settlement.
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by crazypyro on Monday March 26, 2018 @06:51PM (#16683413)
Right. They settled for ~20 million shortly after it happened. The Kansas attorney general also took over the investigation.

Still not understanding why the criminal indictment isn't for the designer or owner who are mentioned several times...

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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by shock-value on Monday March 26, 2018 @07:00PM (#16683473)
One of them seems to have also been arrested: http://www.kansascity.com/news/article206886324.html
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Re:Water Slide That Decapitated Boy Violated Basic Design St... by crazypyro on Monday March 26, 2018 @07:04PM (#16683513)
Thanks, I missed that this came out today. This is what I was expecting.
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