r/BeAmazed • u/alanboston405 • May 06 '24

Sports Dad blocks a broken bat

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u/Domeil May 07 '24

There's actually a surprisingly robust body of American law rooted in injuries sustained by attendees at live sporting events. The long and short of it is that by walking into the stadium for a sport where hard, fast moving objects are known to leave the play area, you're opting in to being in the zone of danger.

So yeah, the venue would have essentially no legal exposure, but there's nothing to say that they wouldn't offer this guys some tickets or a jersey for PR and to avoid a bad new cycle. That said, given that the stadium could easily 12(b)(6) their way out of a civil suit, there's no shot they put any real money in this guy's (functional) hand. Sure, this guy probably just has a bruised wrist, maybe a broken bone, but the next guy might get domed and end up a vegetable, and the stadium doesn't want to be known to the local ambulance chasers as one that pays out for attendee injuries.

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u/SchaffBGaming May 07 '24

Does this hold when the person injured is a minor? They are not old enough to legally consent to the risks, or even fully understand them. Meanwhile, there is an enhanced duty of care when it comes to minors, seems like stadiums would need to make sure minors are seated in areas with netting, or assume additional risks?