Posted on 06/23/2012 5:26:06 AM PDT by servo1969
Edited on 06/23/2012 5:29:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, N.J.
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2. She's suing an 11-year-old boy for over $150,000. (Yes, him personally. Not the coach or the league.)
Get over it wench. She assumed risk by going to the game. period.
It should be covered by the LL association insurance. I was hit in face by LL line drive foul ball and their insurance paid all the medical.
This is where the Brits got it right. Over there, if you lose such a suit, you have to pay the other side’s legal fees and any court costs. Imagine the impact that would have on our clogged courts.
There’s no crying in baseball.
Any guess as to which political philosophy this wench adheres to?
That may well be the case, but this happened in New Jersey.
Two Years Ago???!!!
Related...
http://www.exposingtheleft.blogspot.com/2012/06/woman-hit-by-ball-sues-little-leaguer.html
Material fallacy: an intentional errant throw. This one is going to get thrown out. The plantiff will have to prove malicious intent (assault).
Unless, of course, she was mouthing off to them during warm-ups, and the kid said “I’ll shut her up...watch.”
1. In New Jersey, the statute of limitations for liability cases involving personal injury is two years. I suspect this lawsuit was filed because there is some kind of unresolved issue related to the original incident and the woman was basically forced to file the suit to keep her options open and protect her interests.
2. The "unresolved issue" in the case may very well relate to original claims that were filed against the town or Little League for the woman's medical bills. Those claims may have even been filed by an insurance company, not the woman herself.
I suspect there's a lot more to this story than what's being reported.
Elizabeth Lloyd is guaranteed to be a 100% crying, sniveling lib.
And she should be held in contempt of court for filing such a frivolous lawsuit.
To me there’s a certain responsibility when attending sports events to the fact that there is the possibility of being injured. You take that chance when you go. Not saying of course that there is the responsibility of the venue to protect spectators, but, should you get injured as the result it is your responsibility because you showed up for the event and acknowledge the fact that you may be injured. If you already pay for health coverage then that should take care of it. If what happened was totally irresponsible on the part of the players then yes, they should be held accountable. But if it was just a freak accident, then ......
Her lawyer is probably that ambulance chasing POS james sokolove.
If the kid pointed her out and threw the ball at her and hit her, it’d be different-she might win. But when you attend a baseball game, it is expected that these things might occur (are foreseeable) to a ticketholder in the normal course of watching play of a baseball game.
I realize that. What I’m saying is that this suit probably wouldn’t even be filed if we had the British system of civil suits in place.
It says in the article the league denied her any coverage, when in fact they should have stepped up and paid her medical expenses.
If the kid playing third base had been hit by a powerful throw, he would have received whatever medical care he needed, paid for by league insurance, no questions asked.
Isn’t a player “assuming the risk” — even MORE of a risk — by stepping on to the field and playing in the game? So why do his doctor bills get paid?
You’re just mad that she’s suing the kid for assault — but maybe that’s her only option of recovering. You should be mad at the League for abdicating their responsibilities so the kid’s hung out to dry.
The League is to blame, not the injury victim.
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