{"id":2378,"date":"2013-11-26T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2013-11-24T07:34:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T13:34:17","slug":"baseball-decision-post-season-state-supreme-court-decide-whether-fans-can-sue-hurt-something-field-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/baseball-decision-post-season-state-supreme-court-decide-whether-fans-can-sue-hurt-something-field-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Decision In Post-Season-State Supreme Court to Decide Whether Fans Can Sue When Hurt by Something Other Than On-Field Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether the \u201cbaseball rule\u201d applies to an eye injury caused accidentally by the <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/index.jsp?c_id=KC\">Kansas City Royal<\/a>s\u2019 mascot <a href=\"http:\/\/royals.mlb.com\/kc\/fan_forum\/sluggerrr.jsp\">Sluggerrr<\/a>, who flung a foil-wrapped hot dog that struck the left eye of John Coomer.<span>\u00a0<\/span>Although this seemingly harmless act would ordinarily be of no consequence, the foiled hot dog hit the left eye of Mr. Coomer, requiring two eye surgeries.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>He has a serious eye injury today with vision deficit.<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The \u201cbaseball rule\u201d is a legal standard that protects sports teams from being sued over fan injuries caused by events on the field.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>The issue in this case, now pending a decision before the Missouri Supreme Court, is whether the rule would apply to injuries caused by a mascot or other personnel the teams employ to entertain sports fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The case was first before a Jackson County, Mo., jury two years ago.<span>\u00a0<\/span>The jury sided with the Royals, stating that Coomer was completely at fault for his injury because he wasn\u2019t aware of what was going on around him.<span>\u00a0<\/span>However, on appeal, the jury\u2019s verdict was overturned; the ruling stated that although being struck by a baseball is an inherent risk fans assume at games, being hit in the face and eye by a hot dog is not one of those.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/baseball-decision-post-season-state-supreme-court-decide-whether-fans-can-sue-hurt-something-field-action\/#more-2378\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether the \u201cbaseball rule\u201d applies to an eye injury caused accidentally by the Kansas City Royals\u2019 mascot Sluggerrr, who flung a foil-wrapped hot dog that struck the left eye of John Coomer.\u00a0Although this seemingly harmless act would ordinarily be of no consequence, the foiled hot dog hit the left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury","category-premises-liability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baseball Decision In Post-Season-State Supreme Court to Decide Whether Fans Can Sue When Hurt by Something Other Than On-Field Action &#8212; 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