Parents To Sue Bat Maker Over Sons Injury

[AK-74me]

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So they knowingly sign their kid up for a sport that they good and well knew used metal bats and now they are suing everyone under the sun for it.

 

[_MightyMouse_]

Yet another frivilous lawsuit seeking to blame anything/everything for an unfortunate mishap. It's ashame society resorts to these desperate measures seeking any sort of compensation in manipulating the system. My is too hot and burnt my tongue, I'm suing!

 

[Mateo]

Don't know how many remember this equally ridiculous incident from Va.
A girl and her parents sued a school for not allowing her to play gridiron (not powderpuff) football with the "guys" stating the dual curse of racism and sexism. When she got hurt, they then sued the same school and district because"they didn't know she would get hurt" or ....LOL...it was going to be that rough. Well....duh.....

 

[STAYATHOMEMAMA3]

Don't know how many remember this equally ridiculous incident from Va.
A girl and her parents sued a school for not allowing her to play gridiron (not powderpuff) football with the "guys" stating the dual curse of racism and sexism. When she got hurt, they then sued the same school and district because"they didn't know she would get hurt" or ....LOL...it was going to be that rough. Well....duh.....

 

[Penn]

From the article:

"An attorney says Domalewski will need millions of dollars worth of medical care for the rest of his life."

That's the real reason they've filed suit.

However, you have to ask the question: Did the parents not know that baseball, like any other sport CAN cause injury, sometimes serious, but everything was fine until this happened?

 

[daileyck1]

Metal bats should be banned.
Look up some research that has been done and you will
see why.

 

[blazinlow89]

So we should ban something that gives a little league plater a bit of an advantage when he plays. Like people have stated they should have known full well that he could be hurt. Its like suing a trampoline company cause your kid falls off or breaks their leg on landing.

While the kid should be compensated for injuries it should not be from suing the person who manufactures equipment, they should have gotten sports insurance, which can be bought very easily.

 

[AK-74me]

Metal bats should be banned.
Look up some research that has been done and you will
see why.

By the time I die everything will be coated with foam and rubber.

Of course metal bats hit balls harder than wood bats, that is no reason they should be banned. If you know the risks and don't want your kids to play then don't let them play. You can start up a wood bat little league team.


BAN! BAN! BAN!

 

[RareBreed]

Saw this on the news last night. The parents waited two years before filing the suit. Seems to me that $$$$ is the motive behind it. I got cracked upside the head in t-ball. I guess my parents should have sued too. Knocked some sense into me though. When the ball comes flying towards your head... DUCK!

 

[ImnoMensa]

Saw this on the news last night. The parents waited two years before filing the suit. Seems to me that $$$$ is the motive behind it. I got cracked upside the head in t-ball. I guess my parents should have sued too. Knocked some sense into me though. When the ball comes flying towards your head... DUCK!

I believe they are suing for the bucks because of the expense of caring for this kid,not for their own profit.
However, I dont see them winning.

The kid was caught in a fluke incident and its a shame,but it isnt the fault of the bat manufacturer,it isnt anyone's fault, chit happens.

By the way the object of the game is when the ball comes flying towards your head., you are supposed to catch it.

 

[chemommy25]

I could kind of understand if he was hit directly with the bat. But he wasn't, He was it in the chest by the ball. When you are a pitcher you're close to the batter. If it was a wooden bat the ball was still gonna aim for the same direction, who knows maybe the batter was really good at baseball and the kid would have had the same injury if a wooden bat was used. I don't know...

 

[Mateo]

I believe they are suing for the bucks because of the expense of caring for this kid,not for their own profit.
However, I dont see them winning.

The kid was caught in a fluke incident and its a shame,but it isnt the fault of the bat manufacturer,it isnt anyone's fault, chit happens.

By the way the object of the game is when the ball comes flying towards your head., you are supposed to catch it.

I can see now....all sport will be relegated to nerf balls and equipment. Heck you can't even go for the QB anymore w/out someone going nanananana .
It is said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. I guess we can say now that our civilization was doomed in the litigionous halls of America.
If you are going to play with the big boys (or girls) better get used to playing hard and rough. A great lesson fo life unless like certain pols who have it handed to them.

 

[Penn]

quoted from blazinlow89: While the kid should be compensated for injuries it should not be from suing the person who manufactures equipment, they should have gotten sports insurance, which can be bought very easily.

Then why are the parents going after the bat manufacturer, could it be because they got the biggest bucks? Mom and dad were too cheap to take out sports insurance on their little one, so let somebody else take care of him.

 

[donbarzini]

As a Little league coach(and I hope Yankee44 will jump in here too), I can say it's not so much the bat, as it is the lack of training that is the major problem here. The kids pitching HAVE to be taught how to follow through properly. I show my kids a picture of Bryce Florie to scare the sh!t out of them, and impress upon them that their follow through must take them face up to the batter so that their glove is in position to catch the ball. Unfortunately most coaches are just parents grabbed out of the stands and they think that the further the pitching arm travels across the body, causing the body to be facing either 3rd or 1st means that the pitcher is generating more power. What it does do is put the glove on the "back": side of the body away from the batter, causing the pitcher to have to reach around his body to defend himself. And by then it's too late.
Just ask Bryce Florie. I'll try to find a copy of the pic to show what I'm talking about.

 

[yankee44]

Several thoughts on this subject jump to mind.

1, What took so long to get this kid revived? I my self as a youth baseball coach am first aid and CPR trained (witch is not part of any league training for coaches but should be).

2, I have had some kids that could hit the crap out of the ball and know first hand how fast a ball can come off a bat but like Don said it sounds like he was out of position on his follow through not putting him in the right position to react corectly to the ball.

3, I think that this is just an unfortunate accident. Any coach when a player is in a hitting slup will tell that player to step back at the pitcher and drive the ball back up the middle, as going up the middle is the natural swing of a batter.

Do I feel sorry for this young man....YES
Do I think he was at fault......NO
but nither was anyone else, includeing the bat maker!!!!

 

[toppick08]

I believe I'll sue Franklin and Wilson, for all those jammed knuckles I got during football and basketball games.........

 

[itsbob]

Metal bats should be banned.
Look up some research that has been done and you will
see why.

Ooh?

Look what my research turned up.

Of course no pitcher or any other player was EVER hurt when we as kids used wooden bats.



And metal bats don't break and stab third base coaches in the throat! (do your research on taht one!)

 

[AK-74me]

Next time I fall down and scrape my knee I am going to sue the trust of Isaac Newton!

 

[MMDad]

I spilled my "Frosty" on my lap. Can I sue Wendy's for frostbite?

 

[vegmom]

As a Little league coach(and I hope Yankee44 will jump in here too), I can say it's not so much the bat, as it is the lack of training that is the major problem here. The kids pitching HAVE to be taught how to follow through properly. I show my kids a picture of Bryce Florie to scare the sh!t out of them, and impress upon them that their follow through must take them face up to the batter so that their glove is in position to catch the ball. Unfortunately most coaches are just parents grabbed out of the stands and they think that the further the pitching arm travels across the body, causing the body to be facing either 3rd or 1st means that the pitcher is generating more power. What it does do is put the glove on the "back": side of the body away from the batter, causing the pitcher to have to reach around his body to defend himself. And by then it's too late.
Just ask Bryce Florie. I'll try to find a copy of the pic to show what I'm talking about.

Pitchers have to know how to field. Your glove and your reflexes are your best safety equipment.

My daughter was properly spooked into never batting without a face guard after seeing a Florida State player's nose get broken at a game in College Park earlier this year. Ouch!