One-Armed South Jersey Woman Sues Great Adventure Over Alleged Discrimination

A woman from Gloucester Township who only has one arm has filed a federal lawsuit calling for policy changes at Six Flags Great Adventure after she was allegedly denied the right to ride a roller coaster at the park last summer, the Courier Post reports.

Jacqueline Winner, 51, of the Sicklerville section of the Township, was allegedly told to exit the El Toro roller coaster before the ride began last June. She claims a worker told her she didn’t meet the park’s safety guidelines.

In the lawsuit, Winner claims the ride only doesn’t require riders to have both hands holding on to any part of the ride, and riders are permitted to raise both hands during the ride, according to the report.

The mother of four and paralegal with a Philadelphia law firm also claims she’s been on the ride several times in the past, according to the report.

The lawsuit was filed five days after a U.S. District Court judge ruled a disabled teenager’s lawsuit against Great Adventure could move forward.

In that case, the park denied access to one of its rides to a teenage boy born without parts on each of his limbs, according to nj.com.

Six Flags said the decision to deny the teenage boy access to a ride was influenced by the death of a disabled veteran at a theme park in Buffalo in 2011.

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