Metrics
35 Record Views
Journal article
The Baseball Rule Redux
Sports Litigation Alert, Vol.13(12)
06/2016
Abstract
Excerpt - Most of those familiar with sport law, especially the liability side, know about the “baseball rule.” The rule as applied by many courts for almost 100 years is that an owner or operator of a ballpark should not be held liable if a patron is hit by a projectile leaving the field if the owner/operator has provided enough screened seats for those who might demand such protected seats and if the most dangerous part(s) of the ballparks are protected. The law has faced challenges over the past couple years with some courts refusing to adopt the principal and using a basic negligence approach (such as assumption of risk). There currently is a class action suit against Major League Baseball (MLB), which faced a summary judgement decision in California last month based on jurisdictional issues with teams outside of California. The suit, examining what MLB is doing to protect fans, was also impacted by a recommendation by MLB before the start of the 2015-16 season to encourage teams to expand the amount of netting at ballparks.
Related links
Details
- Title
- The Baseball Rule Redux
- Publication Details
- Sports Litigation Alert, Vol.13(12)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Hackney Publications
- Identifiers
- 99380501088706600
- Academic Unit
- Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business; Commerce
- Language
- English