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can proceed as a class action, a judgse has ruled. The suit was filed afteer hundreds of people became illlast year. A states Supreme Court judge in Warren Count issued the rulingJune 8, the attorneyw for the plaintiffs said. Potential damages coul d exceed $6 million, according to attorney at , LLP, and , LLP, in Albany. The lawsuit contende nearly 600 people contracted norovirus at the park in March 2008 due to unsanitar conditions in the indoorwater park’zs restaurants and other facilities. Norovirus is highly contagioua and causessudden gastro-intestinal problems such as nausea, vomiting and The New York State Department of Health investigatec the outbreak.
Becky Valenti, a spokeswoman for the Great declined comment on the litigation except to say it has nevef been proven that the outbreak was causex by the indoorwater park. The park is locate d across the street from the Great Escapr andSplashwater Kingdom. The facilities are ownedr by Six Flags ThemeParks Inc.