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28
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 28 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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New lawsuits allege X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain caused major brain injuries
Three lawsuits allege Six Flags’ X2 roller coaster caused severe brain injuries.
Three new lawsuits filed against Six Flags Magic Mountain allege riders suffered major brain injuries after riding the X2 roller coaster, while attorneys representing the plaintiffs say more than 100 additional people have come forward.
The lawsuits allege X2 had design problems dating back to when the ride first opened in 2002.
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ride → allege → 2002
Attorneys said their firm has retained more than 100 people over the past two months who reported suffering some degree of brain damage after riding the coaster.
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who → say → coaster
According to court documents, Pamela Guillen and her family visited Six Flags Magic Mountain in July of this year for her daughter’s 16th birthday.
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Guillen → accord → birthday
Guillen said X2 was the family’s final ride of the day.
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X2 → say → day
After exiting the ride, Guillen said she felt confused and disoriented.
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she → exit → ride
Her next memory was waking up in a hospital two weeks later and learning from her family that she had undergone emergency brain surgery.
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she → wake → surgery
"I was confused and disoriented, and I remember seeing the fear in my daughter's eyes and how scared she was," Guillen recalled.
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Guillen → confuse → eyes
"Everything went blank.
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Everything → go → ?
My next memory is waking up in the hospital about two weeks later.
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memory → wake → hospital
Guillen is one of three people who recently filed lawsuits against Six Flags Magic Mountain alleging they suffered major brain injuries after riding X2.
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they → file → X2
"I had suffered a traumatic brain injury and needed emergency brain surgery to stop the bleeding and had to be intubated.
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I → suffer → bleeding
I spent almost a month at the hospital," Guillen said.
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Guillen → spend → hospital
Another plaintiff, Michael Wick, visited the park with his family and rode X2.
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plaintiff → visit → X2
Wick’s attorney said he has undergone two brain surgeries and is now unable to practice law because of a disability.
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he → say → disability
Six days after Guillen collapsed while exiting X2, Naomi Greer-Wilkinson rode the coaster.
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Wilkinson → collapse → coaster
Her parents said they are still waiting for her to begin breathing on her own.
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her → say → own
"Naomi, 25 years old, still hasn't come home.
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Naomi → come → ?
Her parents, Artemis and Josh, are with her every single day and wonder when she's going to be able to breathe on her own again," said Christopher Bulone, a partner with Dordick Law.
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Bulone → wonder → Law
“Magic Mountain, as a business, seems to think that it's OK that if people voluntarily choose to ride a roller coaster, then they've assumed the risk.
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they → seem → risk
They don't assume a risk of death or catastrophic brain damage for some family fun,” said Gary Dordick, owner of Dordick Law.
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Dordick → assume → Law
Our sister station KABC reached out to Six Flags about the lawsuits and the status of the ride.
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station → reach → ride
A park spokesperson said:
“The ride remains closed at this time.
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ride → say → time
It has been closed since the evening of July 12.
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It → close → July
It is our policy not to comment on pending litigation.”
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It → comment → litigation
Dordick said he expects additional lawsuits to be filed on behalf of clients in the coming weeks.
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lawsuits → say → weeks
He said his firm accepted only cases involving people who had obtained medical treatment before contacting an attorney and that all of them suffered some form of brain injury.
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all → say → injury
Magic Mountain has previously settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Christopher Hawley.
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Mountain → settle → Hawley
That lawsuit alleged Hawley died after riding X2 in 2022.
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Hawley → allege → 2022
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