They’re Probably Suing For More
This morning while making breakfast, I had a local news station on. Somewhere between making the coffee and my english muffin, I heard a newscaster say that "so and so...
Baseball Is A Contact Sport
Sometimes I love reading cases. In D'Amico v. Tomkalski, 1999 WL 162985 (1999), Judge Pellegrino writes a home run of an opinion. The plaintiff, a baserunner in a softball game, was struck...
A Foul Ball, The San Diego Chicken, and a Lawsuit…
It seems that courts in the Nutmeg State aren't alone in their struggle to define the liability of stadium operators for damages caused by foul balls. Earlier this year, I...
Foul Ball Liability In Connecticut (He’s Out Part 2)
I can practically feel the excitement of defense counsel in the case of Mantovani v. Yale University, 44 Conn.L.Rptr.13 (2007)(Cosgrove, J.) when he or she read Teixeira v. New Britain Baseball Club, Inc....
He’s Out (Part 1)
Jim Rice wasn't elected to the Hall of Fame yesterday. What does this have to do with Connecticut law you might ask? The answer, as far as I can tell...