Kid didn't learn how to slide properly, wins 125k
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<< <i>Sport Talk Forum Thread from today >>
Oops. Forgot about that place.
<< <i>Wow. Injuries are a part of sports. >>
agreed!
"When the suit was filed two years ago, some lawyers not involved, believed the Gonzalezes didn't have a strong case. One told the Advance that participants assume a risk of injury when playing baseball. Another said it might be tough to prove negligent supervision by coaches.
"Apparently, the Little League International and the local Little League must have felt that I had some justification for the commencement of the action," Glassman said today.
Luis Mojica, president of the New Springville Little League, did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment, nor did a Little League Baseball spokesman.
-Reported by Frank Donnelly
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The irony is that assumption of risk can cut both ways.
Folks who run organized sports for kids can get all the
parental waivers signed that they wish to; they can still
lose at trial.
The settlement was wisely made by the Defendants.
<< <i>So can I go back and sue my little league because they did not provide the proper training for me to become a major leaguer? >>
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Statute of Limitations....
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The truth is that LL has been sued very few times.
Their general policy is to avoid litigation over personal
injury claims and solve problems before they are sued.
The fact that the coach was sued personally complicated
the instant case. LL did not want to cut him loose, but
may well have read him the riot act as a trial date neared.
High schools tend to get hit MUCH more often. Even
they usually try to avoid getting sued; easier to pay
for a few medical bills and move on.
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1954 Wilson Franks
<< <i>So can I go back and sue my little league because they did not provide the proper training for me to become a major leaguer? >>
Did you tear your knee up and have two surgeries on it? The dollar amount for a trip to the ER, follow-up doctor's visits, two surgeries with hospital stays, rehab and more doctors visits adds up. Depending on the insurance of the parents, $125k may have barely covered the cost.
Now, that said, if the field truly wasn't maintained properly, they may have a bit of a case. I know that a lot of the fields I played on as a kid - and coached at as an adult - were not safe. Heck, when I was coaching freshman baseball, our pre-practice ritual was to have every kid fill their glove with pebbles from the infield to help clear it. We did this every single practice - and it never took more than 5-10 minutes. Never even occurred to me that I could be sued for letting the kids practice on that field. Fortunately, nobody ever got hurt and, by the end of the year, it was in a whole lot better shape than when it started.
Tabe
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In the USA, anybody can sue anybody for any reason.
The free and open court system is meant, in part, to
prevent once prevalent "self-help" by folks who feel
they have been "damaged." It is better - for the system
of things - to have too many civil suits filed than to have
folks murdering each other over perceived wrongs.
Modern judges are pretty good at "encouraging" folks
to settle their cases. The courts are NOT being destroyed
by unmeritorious suits; borderline/weak cases are largely
moved out of the system via settlement.
On a percentage basis, few filed civil suits EVER go to
trial. They are settled or moved out by dispositive motions.
Folks who want "tort reform" are often the first to the
courthouse, if their ox gets gored.
I'm still waiting to make my first citizen's arrest the next time a hockey fight breaks out in the NHL///