Lawsuit filed against water park

Associated Press

CINCINNATI

Ohio’s attorney general has sued a southwest Ohio water park for not giving refunds to hundreds of customers when it closed.

State Attorney General Mike DeWine says in a lawsuit filed Friday that the owners and operators of The Beach Waterpark in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason violated the state’s consumer sales-practices law by not delivering promised services.

The state is seeking refunds for consumers and punitive damages of $25,000. More than 400 consumers had filed complaints as of Friday.

Park officials announced in March they would not reopen this season. It offered pass-holders discounts and passes to other attractions instead of refunds.

The park’s spokesman did not immediately return emails seeking comment.