Kentucky

Judge Willett denied plaintiff's request for an expedited trial date in the suit against Six Flag Kentucky Kingdom.  The motion of Kentucky Kingdom to bring in the maker of the ride remains pending.

Judge: No expedited trial in Kentucky Kingdom suit from Courier Journal by Jason Riley
A Jefferson Circuit Court judge has denied a request to expedite the civil trial for the parents of a Louisville teen whose feet were severed by a Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom amusement ride.

Judge Barry Willett cited the "complexity" of the case as well as the massive amount of evidence in keeping the jury trial set for January 2010, on the lawsuit filed by the parents of Kaitlyn Lasitter against the park.

Larry Franklin, the Lasitters' attorney, had asked to move the trial up, saying that by 2010, some 30 months will have passed since a cable snapped on the Superman Tower of Power ride June 21, 2007, and severed Kaitlyn's feet.