In the latest episode of litigious frivolity, a woman wanted to sue the Boston Red Sox because her face was smashed by a foul ball. This time the court determined that she couldn’t sue:
The Red Sox “had no duty to warn the plaintiff of the obvious danger of a foul ball being hit into the stands,” the court said Wednesday in blocking Jane Costa’s personal injury lawsuit from going to trial.
The three-member panel said that even someone with scant knowledge of baseball should realize that “a central feature of the game is that batters will forcefully hit balls that may go astray from their intended direction.”
“I’m more than angry. I was in critical condition,” said Costa, 40. She said Red Sox management and players are “bickering over millions and millions of dollars to hit a ball, and when one of their fans get hurt, they don’t care.”
According to Red Sox officials, three to four dozen patrons each season are injured by foul balls.
Just imagine how much higher the already expensive ticket prices would be if teams were liable for this stuff.
