Mascot's weiner pokes fan in the eye, fan sues.

[berniebrewer4life]

You can't make this stuff up. The guy is apparently asking for 25 grand. Not that crazy of an amount, if he is actually hurt(it supposed to have caused a detached retina and the development of cataracts in his

left eye. ouch)

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/...-claiming-hot-dog-injury

[hawing]

Perhaps you wrote the subject line the way you did to generate interest...but the fan was injured by a hot dog launched via air gun by Royals mascot Sluggerrr - painful, but a bit less lurid than the mental picture painted by "mascot's wiener pokes fan." http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

 

Link with a bit more information

 

Frankly, I wouldn't have been surprised if the fan asked for much more than $25K.

 

bb4life's link in the lead post includes this as well:

 

Royals spokesman David Holtzman declined to comment Tuesday. He also

would not say whether the lawsuit is the reason the team is looking for

a replacement for its large lion mascot.

One of my favorite components of the 2002 all-star festivities was seeing most if not all of the MLB mascots. Somewhere at home I have a pretty good photo of the S.O. posing with Sluggerrr. I'd be mildly disappointed if the Royals replaced him.

[bigredrobbo]

Was I the only one hoping that it was a Pirates fan injured, so that Randal Simon's attack on our wiener could be avenged after all these years?http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[berniebrewer4life]

Perhaps you wrote the subject line the way you did to generate interest...but the fan was injured by a hot dog launched via air gun by Royals mascot Sluggerrr - painful, but a bit less lurid than the mental picture painted by "mascot's wiener pokes fan." http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

What can i say? I'm still a kid at heart, and titles like that make me giggle.

[jwill535]

I am one that thinks there tends to be to many lawsuits these days and many are frivolous. With that said, if I was hit in the eye by a flying hotdog or any other item and it caused the damage to my eye that this one did, I would be suing for a lot more then $25 k.

[pitchleague]

without getting political, I don't see why suing for $25,000 is considered "frivolous." Especially when we don't know what kind of pain, suffering, and medical bills this guy racked up. A detached retina and cataracts? I can't think that's too inexpensive. And if he had to have surgury? That's easily very close to $25,000. The guy is trying to recoup the money he lost on medical expenses from something that, even though, accidental, shouldn't have happened at all.

 

Was he at fault for not paying attention to flying hot dogs? That's for a judge and jury to decide, I assume. But the ticket back states that the team is not liable for injuries caused due to game action (paraphrasing). I wonder if you can argue that the mascot firing hot dogs into the crowd is "game action" or not?

 

Good luck to the guy and I hope he gets well.

[ewizabeff]

I hope this won't affect the bratzooka that the Timber Rattlers have.

[berniebrewer4life]

without getting political, I don't see why suing for $25,000 is considered "frivolous." Especially when we don't know what kind of pain, suffering, and medical bills this guy racked up. A detached retina and cataracts? I can't think that's too inexpensive. And if he had to have surgury? That's easily very close to $25,000. The guy is trying to recoup the money he lost on medical expenses from something that, even though, accidental, shouldn't have happened at all.

 

Was he at fault for not paying attention to flying hot dogs? That's for a judge and jury to decide, I assume. But the ticket back states that the team is not liable for injuries caused due to game action (paraphrasing). I wonder if you can argue that the mascot firing hot dogs into the crowd is "game action" or not?

 

Good luck to the guy and I hope he gets well.

I think jwill was saying that while he believes most of the time lawsuits are frivolous, this is not one of them. that's how i read it atleast.

[GAME05]

whether he wins or not, this will put an end to t-shirt bazookas and possibly even throwing peanuts at baseball games. there's nothing stopping the next person from suing for $1M.

[Thurston Fluff]

I hope this won't affect the bratzooka that the Timber Rattlers have.

 

So do I. I got two of them already. Don't know what the record is but I'd love to have a shot at it.

[Opey76]

A lot of it is going to come down to whether he was aware of the potential for flying sausages and their connection to the game experience. There's a surprisingly large amount of law on what a team is liable for with respect to fan injuries. Generally no liability for flying baseballs, but mascots are a different story. Courts have said that mascots are not "integral parts of the game," leading to liability for the team when the distraction they cause leads someone to get hit by a ball.