#BASEBALL BOY HIGHEST LEVEL TRIAL#

#BASEBALL BOY HIGHEST LEVEL TRIAL#

In the first, considered to be the case that established the rule, the court upheld a trial verdict against the plaintiff, holding that his decision to sit outside the netting the team had installed behind home plate constituted contributory negligence and assumption of risk on his part. The rule arose from a pair of 1910s decisions by the Missouri Court of Appeals, both considering suits filed by spectators at home games of the minor league Kansas City Blues. It is largely a matter of case law in state courts, although four states have codified it. This is considered within the standard of reasonable care that teams owe to spectators, although in recent decades it has more often been characterized as a limited- or no-duty rule, and applied to ice hockey and golf as well. In American tort law, the Baseball Rule holds that a baseball team or, at amateur levels, its sponsoring organization, cannot be held liable for injuries suffered by a spectator struck by a foul ball batted into the stands, under most circumstances, as long as the team has offered some protected seating in the areas where foul balls are most likely to cause injuries. Under the Baseball Rule this is the minimum protection from foul ball injuries teams must provide. Backstop behind home plate at Petco Park, the San Diego Padres' home stadium.

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