Blog Post
Several injured at carnival in Angels Camp
Posted by: Spencer Pahlke
May 18, 2008
Topic: Defective Products
These carnival cases are always scary--high speed movements and many people involved can often mean severe injuries. Mike Kelly recently handled a defective product matter very similar to this one arising from a fall of more than 50 feet from a ride at the Orange County fair. As we've come to expect from Mike, it resulted in a very favorable settlement.
In the Angels Camp accident, 23 or 24 people were involved--the number varies based on the news source (News 10 says 23, the AP says 24). The ride--called the Yo Yo--is basically a vertical column with several arms radiating out from it. On each arm is a basket, which holds people on the ride. A properly operating one is shown here (courtesy of Ocala.com):
The ride up in Angels Camp malfunctioned such that the radiating arms quickly collapsed to the ground, sending all the riders some 25 feet downward before striking the ground. Three were seriously injured, and 20 were less seriously injured. Our best wishes go out to the families for a quick and full recoveries.
