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Lawsuit of the Day: Fan vs. Baseball, Team, Players for Shattered Bat to Face

By Eric Lipman

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For many a New York Mets fan (myself included), some courtroom drama might be a pleasant diversion from yet another season that started off with high hopes but appears to be headed rapidly downhill. So, thank you James Falzon, for suing Major League Baseball, the Mets, Luis Castillo and Ramon Castro. As reported by Courthouse News Service, Falzon was taking in a game at Shea Stadium (RIP) on August 8, 2007, when Luis Castillo hit a fly ball, causing his maple bat -- borrowed from Castro -- to "explode," and a chunk of said bat to hit Falzon in the face, causing multiple fractures and lacerations to Falzon's face, lip, neck and trachea. Ouch. The complaint, filed in New York Supreme Court, New York County, strives to be more than just your garden variety sports spectator injury case, however. Of course, Falzon's ticket (Field Box 28A -- nice seats, Jimmy!) contained your standard waiver/release of liability for objects flying into the stands as all baseball tickets do. But Falzon's negligence claims are premised on the widespread use of maple bats, as opposed to the traditional ash, in the wake of Barry Bonds's steroid-fueled record-setting home run season in 2001. He...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on August 10, 2010 (boomark / email).