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Torts/Personal Injury

Aug. 24, 2026

Magic Mountain challenges X2 settlement over mediator's prior case

Magic Mountain is challenging a settlement with an X2 rider's family, arguing the mediator's undisclosed history litigating against the park over the roller coaster raises questions about the deal.

Six Flags Magic Mountain is challenging a settlement with the family of a man who died after riding the X2 roller coaster, arguing the mediator's undisclosed history litigating against the park over the same ride calls the deal's good faith into question.

The dispute comes weeks before a Sept. 8 trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court over whether forces generated by X2 caused Christopher Hawley's fatal brain injury. Magic Mountain and its parent company deny liabil...

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