Jury awards teens $550K after Oregon amusement park ride left them hanging upside down: report

A jury awarded $550,000 to two teenage girls who were left hanging upside down for nearly 30 minutes when an amusement park ride malfunctioned in Oregon. The jury voted 10-2 this week to award the teens $275,000 each in their case against Oaks Park and ride manufacturer Zamperla over the June 2024 malfunction of the AtmosFEAR ride in Portland , according to FOX 12 Oregon. About 30 riders were stranded upside down when the spinning pendulum-style ride became stuck in a vertical position on June 1