Six Flags Great Adventure Sued As People Say They Were Thrown From Rides, Injured

JACKSON, NJ — A trio of lawsuits have been filed in 2026 against Six Flags Great Adventure in the wake of injuries the plaintiffs say were suffered when they were thrown from rides.

The lawsuits, filed in April, July and August in New Jersey Superior Court, cite three separate incidents at the park's Hurricane Harbor waterpark, involving two of the park's water slides.

They come as Six Flags finds itself under scrutiny in the wake of the death of a Georgia man, Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, who died Monday when he fell from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Four other people were injured.

Six Flags shut down similar rides at several parks across the country, including Nitro at Great Adventure. Park officials have not said when the ride might reopen.

A spokesman for Six Flags Great Adventure said the company does not comment on pending litigation.

The most recent lawsuit was filed Aug. 19 on behalf of a Commack, New York, woman and her children, who were injured riding the Tornado at the park on July 23.

Umay Rubab and her two children were riding the Tornado, a 75-foot-high, 132-foot-long water slide at the park when the innertube they were riding flipped, according to the lawsuit.

Rubab and her children suffered "serious and permanent" injuries, according to the lawsuit, which alleges the tube flipped due to "the negligence, gross negligence, carelessness and/or recklessness" of park employees. The children suffered broken teeth, NJ.com reported.

The lawsuit, which was moved to federal court in September, seeks more than $75,000 in damages, according to the federal documents.

The second lawsuit was filed July 12 by George Gall Jr. in Camden County. It has since been moved to federal court as well, according to court documents.

Gall was injured in 2017 while riding Big Bambu, a large partially enclosed slide with a six-story drop, according to the lawsuit. As the Gall and others rode down the slide, "the raft became unstable, causing Plaintiff to be thrown or otherwise displaced and to sustain serious injury."

Gall was a child at the time; under New Jersey law, people injured as minors can file personal injury lawsuits within two years of turning 18.

Gall's lawsuit does not specify what injuries he suffered.

The third lawsuit was filed by Andrea Hare in Camden County on April 23. It also has been moved to federal court, according to court documents.

Hare's lawsuit says she suffered a broken leg while riding Big Bambu during a visit to Hurricane Harbor on July 17, 2025.

Hare was riding the tube down the ride with a friend who, according to the lawsuit, outweighed her by 100 pounds. When the pair went down a steep decline, Hare was flung from the raft. She came down hard, breaking her right leg when she landed.

She was taken to the emergency room by EMTs, the lawsuit says, and the injuries she suffered left her with a disability.

"The Big Bambu ride was defective due to unsafe conditions," Hare's lawsuit said, including improper maintenance, failure to provide safety restraints and negligent operation by the ride attendant," and her injuries results as well from failure to properly position Hare and her friend on the ride, and "failure to warn of known hazards."

Hare's and Gall's lawsuits have been scheduled for arbitration, according to federal court records. Both are seeking in excess of $75,000 in damages.

Six Flags Great Adventure has faced other lawsuits, most of them regarding injuries suffered when people fell while walking around the park.

A New York woman filed suit in 2016 over a broken ankle she suffered on the King Cobra waterslide at Hurricane Harbor; that lawsuit has since been settled, court records show.

Nitro, which opened in April 2001, has not had any incidents of serious injuries reported in the news. The ride was closed briefly in 2021 when a safety bar came loose, NJ.com reported at the time.

A spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, which oversees amusement park and carnival rides, was checking the department's records for any flagging issues with Nitro. The Carnival and Amusement Ride division inspects the rides annually, as well as inspecting when an issue arises.