Posted on 11/16/2006 6:38:15 AM PST by FourPeas
MEMPHIS, Tenn. An Arkansas man filed a federal lawsuit against N-B-A star Kobe Bryant claiming the Lakers guard deliberately elbowed him during a game last year against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Bill Geeslin was a spectator in the stands when the Lakers played the Grizzlies in Memphis last November. His three-page lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that Bryant came off the court during play, landed on Geeslin and "without provocation" committed assault and battery when he violently struck Geeslin with his elbow.
Geeslin claims seeks more than 75-thousand dollars in damages for unspecified injuries that required medical attention.
Geeslin's attorney, Robert Coleman, declined to elaborate on the filing Wednesday but said he had not been in contact with Bryant's attorneys or agent.
A call to Bryant's agent seeking comment was not immediately returned.
The game ended with the Grizzlies winning 85-to-73.
fans should be separated from the play floor like hockey, but for the opposite reason.....
A strangely small amount for someone to go after. it makes me think the guy is more honest. I still wouldn't give him anything, based on what little I know from the article. Being aspectator is not without risk. I've seen people have a car land on them at a stock car race. As Forrrest Gump said, "It happens".
You pay your money and take your chances. I would think the proper term is assumption of risk.
Actually... this is a new strategy put up by the personal injury lawyers... To the "injured party", $75,000 is a LOT of money... to a multinational corporation or a celebrity, it's pocket change and a nuisance. So, Kobe will settle out of court.
It's no coincidence that $75,000 is very easily divisible by 3, which is what the "injured party's" lawyer will get for less than 8 hours work preparing the lawsuit.
Probably the most excitement that Grizzly fans have seen in a long while.
what a piece of trash....to accuse Kobe?.....I'll bet he was hoping to get elbowed just so he can make a bundle in court...
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