Here is a story out of Wayne, New Jersey.
The family of a boy who suffered brain damage after he was struck by a line drive off an aluminum bat has sued the bat's maker and others saying they should have known it was dangerous.
The young man was 12 years old and was pitching in a Police Athletic League game when the batter hit a line drive that caught the 12 year old in the chest right above the heart. His heart stopped beating and his brain was deprived of oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes. The result was the young man suffered brain damage.
Now I feel for this family and for this 12 year old boy. But in all seriousness accidents happen. Unfortunately this was just that...an accident.
The family is suing Hillerich & Bradsby Co., the maker of the bat. Also named in the suit are Little League Baseball and Sports Authority. The bat in question was purchased at a Sports Authority store.
Little League Baseball is named in the suit because the organization gave its seal of approval to the bat stating it was safe for use in Little League Baseball.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news here but I have a news flash. ALL SPORTS ARE DANGEROUS!!!!! Play any sport and you run the risk of serious injury. We cannot take all the risk out of life. Accidents are going to happen. We will never be able to stop them from happening. Yet if this lawsuit is successful we will take away another activity for young men and women and leave them with nothing to do but roam the streets and get into trouble.
But in this day and age someone has to be held accountable. So we sue the manufacturer of the bat, the place that sold it and the organization who tested it. Hey...how about we all sue the family of that 12 year old for allowing him to play such a dangerous sport. Lets arrest the family for putting that 12 year old boy at risk for injury. Yeah...arrest them for child endangerment.
Wait...how about the batter who hit that line drive. Why does he get off scott free? Then we have the 12 year old boy who was hurt. This would not have happened if he had not pitched the ball where the batter could hit it. Where does this end?
This was an accident. There was no malice by the bat manufacturer or little league baseball. There was no malice by Sports Authority for selling the bat. No one wanted to see a 12 year old get hurt. But in life...things happen.
Now I do think it is odd that the family of the 12 year old did not include the Police Athletic League in the lawsuit. Is it because they are afraid of all the traffic stops they will get by the local police? I wonder.
If you really think that this family should be awarded a judgement in this case then you should be the ones shouting from the roof tops to ban all kids sports. Baseball...football...soccer...motor cross...hockey...skate boarding...you name it, let's ban it.
We can certainly do that. But accidents will still happen.
That is my opinion...what is yours?
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My brother has played sports since he was practically a baby. All my brothers have played some sort of sport for a least a time. And I am sure every one of them have been hit somehow. It is a part of sports, that you could be hit by the ball. My little brother got hit by the ball square in the head a few years ago. My parents weren't screaming for a lawyer. It was an accident, get over it. And suing a whole bunch of people is not going to unchange your son's brain damage. Sorry, if that was mean, but it's the truth. And this happened while he was doing something he loved doing, I assume of course.
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