The Kansas City Royals are being sued after mascot Sluggerrr allegedly poked a fan's eye out with a hot dog, TMZ is reporting.
According to TMZ' report, the lawsuit was filed in Jackson County court by John Coomer, who claims the accident happened at a game on September 8, 2009. Sluggerrr was firing hot dogs into the crowd via his air gun, the alleged accident occurred when the mascot started chucking dogs into the crowd by hand. Coomer claims Sluggerrr "lost control of his throw or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hotdog directly into the Plaintiff," TMZ reported.
The alleged reckless throw hit Coomer in his left eye, "leaving him with a detached retina and the development of cataracts" and now he's suing for $25,000, according to TMZ.
Could this be why the Royals are in the market for a new Sluggerrr?
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Oh, exciting.
And, me, I love stories that can be read from different parts of the room.
If Sluggerrr can really throw that hard, the Royals should sign him up. They need some help with their starting rotation.
Imagine that. No shortage of bottom feeding, blood sucking attorneys around to jump on that gravy train now is there? LOL
Chad
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Cataracts may develop after injury or trauma to the eye. Look it up.
I guarantee that if I were in the same position, I'd sue too. My eyesight is worth more than $25,000.
Detached retina? Maybe.
Cataracts? Already? Very doubtful. How does being hit by a hot dog cloud the lens of your eye?
"The holder assumes all risk and danger incidental to the sport of baseball and all warm-ups, practices and competitions associated with baseball, including specifically (but not exclusively) the danger of being injured by thrown bats, fragments thereof, and thrown or batted balls, and agrees that none of the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball Enterprises, Major League Baseball Properties Inc, Baseball Television Inc, the American and National Leagues of Professional Baseball Clubs, the Major League respective agents, players, officers, employees and owners shall be liable for injuries or loss of property resulting from such causes.�
it should also be known that this douche is a large tigers fan. who happen to be the team they were playing on the day in question (september 8th). Guess who are in the same league....oh wait I mean the same division.
Come on John, out with the truth. You are just married to Mary to keep your kids safe while they are in school. Its all a front! You're on the down low.
this guy looks like he should be used to taking wieners in the face. surprised this one didn't slide into his mouth like the others. maybe he was drunk?
I was at a game in July where Slugger has throwing hot dogs from the upper deck to down below. One landed two seats from me, and had the guy in the seat not moved to grab his drink it would have pegged him right in the back of the head. It did leave ketchup and mustard all over his seat and the hot dog was decimated.
Classic case of "assumption of risk". This lawsuit will go nowhere, unless the Royals settle to mitigate lawyers fees.
@koku,
They can write as beautiful a disclaimer as they want, that won't stop anyone from trying to sue them.
Now they're going to have to change all the signs to "Watch out for balls, bats and wieners leaving the playing field."
Michael K at D-Listed had a funny write-up on this. And, also, I can't get the "Mr. T-Shirt Launcher Inventor" Real Men of Genius commercial out of my head.
@alise because I credit the source where I first saw it. And I have the court docs but the program I use isn't working at the moment.
why is "tmz reporting" this and not the pitch? can you not go down to the courthouse and look up records yourself?
Am I wrong in that you can't sue the team if you get hit with a foul ball? Some kind of not responsible jargon on the ticket or something? If that's the case then I don't see why a hot dog would make them any more libel.
And obviously if you can't catch a hot dog thrown at your head then you don't have any business being that close to the field at a ball game.
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