Baseball Rule
judges: Bennick, Hostetler, Becker, McCullen
date decided: 1997-07-01
decision by: Huspeni
judges: Mark Massa
name: Grisim v.
decision by: Johnson
name: Tapemark Charity Pro-Am Golf Tournament
decision by: Paul C. Wilson
appealed from: Indiana Court of Appeals
name: Turner
court: Illinois Appellate Court, 1st Dist., 1st Div.
decision by: O'Connor
subject: Category:United States tort case law
judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
date decided: 1986-10-14
judges: McDaniel, Richli , Ward
name: California League of Professional Baseball
decision by: Jasen
judges: Parker, Huspeni, Randall
dissenting: Bender
dissent: Gibbons, Cherry, Douglas
opinions: Judicial notice taken of risk of foul ball injury at baseball games being common knowledge, even where plaintiff claims little interest in the sport. Trial court reversed.
keywords: Negligence
date decided: 1987-03-05
judges: Dunn, Sam Bass and Cohen
appealed from: Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
decision by: Bennick
name: Rountree v. Boise Baseball Club
date decided: 1913-02-17
name: Coomer v. Kansas City Royals
judges: Bryant, Burke, Lyons,
judges: Scariano, Hartman, DiVito
name: Dayton Dragons Professional Baseball Club
decision by: J. Jones
number of judges: 3
number of judges: 4
number of judges: 5
judges: Cooke, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Jasen, Fuschberg, Meyer
number of judges: 6
number of judges: 7
opinions: Triable issue of fact existed as to whether defendant golf course had provided adequately safe seating in case brought by plaintiff injured by errant ball who sat elsewhere when seating provided was too crowded.
opinions: Mascot antics are not intrinsic part of baseball as game; limited-duty "baseball rule" therefore does not bar claim by spectator injured by errantly tossed hot dog
court: California Courts of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 2
name: Schentzel v.
court: Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City Division
date decided: 1992-04-06
name: Chicago National League Ball Club
name: Glens Falls City School District
date decided: 2010-09-03
subject: Category:Baseball law
decision by: Dunn
judges: Virginia Long
decision by: Zazzali
name: Brisson v.
judges: Roberto A. Rivera-Soto
name: Maytnier v. Rush
judges: James R. Zazzali
opinions: Distraction by mascot's antics at baseball game was inherent risk of game that barred recovery by plaintiff for injuries from foul ball
judges: Robert D. Rucker
keywords: torts
opinions: Rule that baseball teams must provide some protected seating areas to be immune from liability over foul ball injuries to spectators is adequate under comparative negligence
name: v. Kansas City Baseball & Exhibition Co.
name: Akins v.
judges: Rhodes, Hirt, Reno, Dithrich, Ross, Arnold and Gunther
date decided: 1981-06-18
name: Friedman v.
date decided: 2014-06-14
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dissenting: Cooke
judges: Michael L. Douglas
opinions: Whether baseball team had adequate protected seats available, and whether spectator injured by foul ball was adequately warned by team given distractions at game is a triable issue of fact for jury even if dangers of such injury are open and obvious
concurring: Cohen
name: Lowe v.
name: Minneapolis Baseball & Athletic Association
judges: Michael Cherry (judge)
citations: 17280.0
judges: Brent Dickson
name: Grimes v.
decision by: Ross