Family Files Lawsuit In Metal Baseball Bat Injury Case

[Draenor]

WAYNE, N.J. — The family of a boy who suffered brain damage after he was struck by a line drive off an aluminum baseball bat sued the bat's maker and others on Monday, saying they should have known it was dangerous.

 

The family of Steven Domalewski, who was 12 when he was struck by the ball in 2006, filed the lawsuit in state Superior Court. It names Hillerich & Bradsby Co., maker of the 31-inch, 19-ounce Louisville Slugger TPX Platinum bat used when Steven was hit.

 

The lawsuit also names Little League Baseball and Sports Authority, which sold the bat. It claims the defendants knew, or should have known, that the bat was dangerous for children to use, according to the family's attorney, Ernest Fronzuto.

 

"People who have children in youth sports are excited about the lawsuit from a public policy standpoint because they hope it can make the sport safer," Fronzuto said after filing the suit Monday morning. "There are also those who are skeptical of the lawsuit and don't see the connection between Steven's injury and the aluminum bat."

 

Little League denies any wrongdoing, as does the bat manufacturer. Sports Authority has not responded to several telephone messages seeking comment.

 

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Parents to Sue Maker of Metal Baseball Bats Over Son's Injury Steven was pitching in a Police Athletic League game when he was hit just above the heart by a line drive. His heart stopped beating and his brain was deprived of oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes, according to his doctors.

 

Although he was not playing in a Little League game, the organization is being sued because it gave its seal of approval to the bat, certifying it as safe for use by children, Fronzuto said.

 

 

#1...WTF

#2...Solution, Wiffle ball bats. This includes professional base ball. Lets not get started on some dangerous other sport..god forbid.

#3...What lawyer in their right mind thinks he/she has a case?

#4...The society of idiots and left wing nuts need to stop this BS.

[Schmids5.3l]

That's todays America!! It's not the baseball bat manufacturers and the leagues fault their son is a ****, but thats who they want to pay. If they knew it was unsafe then why was their kid playing in it? It wasn't unsafe until little Steven was too un athletic or retarded to pay attention to what was going on in the game and got hit with a base ball bat. 10 years from now you won't be able to shit in a public restroom without signing a waiver.

[nbscanuck]

There was a petition here in the city from this woman who wanted to ban street hockey. She said "someone could get hurt". The only idiot that's gonna get hurt playing street hockey is the one that can't understand the concept of "CAR!!!!"

[d3athsong]

You know they are gonna win the lawsuit and get a couple million for this right? I mean, if some idiot can spill coffee on themselves and sue, these people can too. Why work for your own money when you can take someone elses money?

[2000DV4.8]

That's only about an hour away from me... I sure hope I don't catch whatever they got that makes them so damn stupid.

[VMax2007]

That's only about an hour away from me... I sure hope I don't catch whatever they got that makes them so damn stupid.

 

 

Too late!! J/K

[Schmids5.3l]

[2000DV4.8]

That's only about an hour away from me... I sure hope I don't catch whatever they got that makes them so damn stupid.

 

 

Too late!! J/K

 

 

 

Ya got me...

[chevylobo]

this is sad and insane but im come to realize thru a few trips to nj that this is normal in nj and pa for stuff like this i mean heck we had people try to steal live power lines in pa then tryed to fight power company because it shocked them .

[VMax2007]

this is sad and insane but im come to realize thru a few trips to nj that this is normal in nj and pa for stuff like this i mean heck we had people try to steal live power lines in pa then tryed to fight power company because it shocked them .

 

 

Really? Wow, that is shocking!!!

[Draenor]

this is sad and insane but im come to realize thru a few trips to nj that this is normal in nj and pa for stuff like this i mean heck we had people try to steal live power lines in pa then tryed to fight power company because it shocked them .

Really, Interesting.

I'm gonna pull the globe out the meter box and use the 'ol butterknife bridge.

 

If I get caught or loose the lawsuit, i'll just hit myself with a bat.

[SoCalChris]

You know they are gonna win the lawsuit and get a couple million for this right? I mean, if some idiot can spill coffee on themselves and sue, these people can too. Why work for your own money when you can take someone elses money?

 

The McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit was a valid lawsuit, if you read up on it. McDonald's was purposefully selling coffee considerably hotter than anywhere else was, so that they could use a cheaper coffee bean. They had been warned that the coffee was hot enough to cause severe burns, but decided that the risk was worth the amount of money that they were saving. The woman received 3rd degree burns to her crotch that required skin grafts, and was originally only looking for McDonald's to pay her medical bills (Which they had paid for on several hundred previous similar cases). After they refused, she sued, and was awarded something like 2 days worth of coffee sales from McDonald's, and that was eventually appealed down to something even lower.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_coffee_case

http://lawandhelp.com/q298-2.htm

 

As for this lawsuit, unless theres something about it that the news isn't reporting, this is totally frivolous. It's too bad that the kids was hurt so bad, but playing sports usually has some danger to it. I'd bet that the parents even signed a waiver at some point acknowledging that.

[RyanbabZ71]

HMMM Can I go back and sue for breaking my ankle playing baseball? I will sue

 

the catcher for throwing the ball to second when I was stealing no need to slide if there wasnt a play

 

the base for stopping my ankle so abruptly

 

My nike shoe for getting the spike stuck in the dirt

 

I figure 30 mil easy, plus pain and suffering since I have had pain and weakness in my ankle since I was 12.

 

When are people going to realize there are associated risks involved with what we do. You chose to play baseball. If you didnt want to have a chance to get injured get a room, pad the walls and let the kid loose.

[Zembonez]

That's it!

 

Sharpened Lawn Darts at twenty paces for all children...

 

Clown.

[JAFO]

I've said it before, I'm waiting for some rich brat spoiled teen to wrap his Corvette graduation present around a telephone pole so his family could sure GM for making a car that could go 200mph when the speed limit is 70. Goodyear for making tires that could handle at the same speeds, the DOT for making highways so flat smooth and straight that he "could resist that temptation" and... well people like me for making fun a**holes and the BS lawsuits.

 

Opps guess I should have stopped while I was ahead!