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Old 04-11-2005, 03:49 PM   #1
 
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I heard on the 5 o'clock news about a kid in Frederick, Md being sue because while he was at batting pratice in 2003 the bat slipped from his hands and hit a lady in the back of the head. She needed a couple of stitches to close the wound.

He's being sued for $200,000, lost wages and, all past and future medical expenses.

I'll post more details as soon as I find something.
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Old 04-11-2005, 10:05 PM   #2
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Guess he should have swung a little harder, then he might have just killed the b**** outright and he wouldn't be in this mess, eh?!

And some people can't understand why I hate lawyers!

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Old 04-11-2005, 10:32 PM   #3
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Sounds a little steeeeeeep on the amount sought! I would like to see some of the facts in that case.
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Old 04-11-2005, 11:38 PM   #4
 
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Found it.
http://nbc25.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=4041

Former Little Leaguer Sued

STEPHENS CITY, VA - In baseball its three strikes and you`re out. But for one former little leaguer, a fly bat is coming back to haunt him.
For Alex Nguyen and Carol Boyd, it started like most little league Saturdays.

Nguyen was down on the field and Boyd, in the stands watching her daughter`s softball game.

But an honest mistake that happened that day cost Boyd her health and could cost Nguyen $200,000.

18-year- old Alex Nguyen started playing baseball when he was five- years- old. Trophies and baseball cards are all over his home. But these days he remembers one rainy game specifically, April 13, 2003.

"I got the pitch, I swung and when I was in my backswing, the bat slipped out of my hand," said Alex Nguyen.

The bat flew into the stands of another nearby game and hit Carol Boyd in the back of the head.

"I felt real bad. I didn`t mean for that to happen at all. It was an accident," said Nguyen.

Nguyen said officials stopped the games. Boyd left in an ambulance.

"I heard she was in stable condition. She just had a couple of stitches, nothing after that," said Nguyen.

Boyd`s attorney`s filed a lawsuit against the Frederick County Little League and former little leaguer Alex Nguyen for $200,000.

Neither Boyd nor her attorney would speak with NBC 25 on camera, but in court filing documents. Boyd said she suffered serious and permanent injuries as result of the accident.

She claims lost wages and wants to be reimbursed for past and future hospital bills.

Alex"s mom called it frivolous.

"It`s ridiculous. It"s been two years. He was 16 at the time. It"s the first time, he`s ever had anything like this happen," said Nguyen"s mother Gail Lewsader.

Frederick County Parks and Recreation cosponsors the county`s little league, simply by offering these fields for play.

They would not speak with NBC 25 on camera, nor talk about this case specifically. But, officials point out they offer adequate backstops and fencing to protect players and spectators.

Park officials said they have no plans to change the fields, but Alex`s mom thinks this suit will change the game.

"Everybody`s gonna be on their guard more than the relaxed feeling you get when you`re at the ballpark," said Lewsader.

Nguyen has not yet been officially served. His interview with NBC 25 was the first he`d heard of the suit.

But Nguyen`s mother said she`d spoken to Boyd`s attorney, Peter Burnett.

She said Burnett called her home to discuss the case, but he said he was a claims adjuster.
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Sue first, ask questions later. This was an honest to God accident, yet this gold digging b**** just couldn't accept that getting hit be a flying object is a risk of attending a baseball game and had to sue. What does she think she'll accomplish by putting this kid $200k in debt for a couple of stitches in her head. If he'd have thrown the bat on purpose in a fit of rage after striking out it might be different, but this is rediculous.

I don't know who I should despise more, the woman or the ambulance chaser who actually thinks her case has merit.

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Old 04-12-2005, 12:07 AM   #6
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Thanks for the reply, Wirehair.

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Boyd said she suffered serious and permanent injuries as result of the accident.
Boy howdy, that's informative! Evidently, NBC 25 doesn't know much more than I do.

I'm going to say $200K is out of the ballpark for the facts presented. It's fair that the lady be compensated for the foul bat, but she shouldn't automatically qualify for a home run just because she is injured.
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Guess he should have swung a little harder, then he might have just killed the b**** outright and he wouldn't be in this mess, eh?!

And some people can't understand why I hate lawyers!

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Old 04-12-2005, 06:12 AM   #8
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Here's a prediction, since the players in the league are probably insured with a parenting state wide organization through dues, I bet the insurance company for the league settles.

stupid, stupid stupid.

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Old 04-13-2005, 11:49 AM   #9
 
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I don't believe that she could recover damages, one he/she was juvenile, and it should come under "assumed risk." In other words you know what hazards await you at a ball game....you know...like getting hit with a foul ball....but if however she was raped by the hotdog vender while there that would not be an assumed risk and she could recover damages.
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Ahhhhh, I think that there are provisions such that if you get injured on a county park's grounds you can't sue (barring a mugging etc)


Nope, I take that back, I remember a lawsuit around here when a kid fell off the monkey bars.
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