[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Baseball through a windshield (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/20/2017 5:23:22 AM EDT
| Say a kid hits a foul ball at a little league game and it goes through someone's windshield. Who is responsible? Are the parents of the batting kid supposed to pay for it or is it just a hazard of being at a game? |
| Some 20 years ago there was actually a court case where some asshole tried to sue the city or what not for damages. Judge ruled that such things are an accepted hazard of parking near a ballpark, and sharply criticized the plaintiff. My Google fu is failing me, though. |
Hazard of the game. That's why I always park in a place that is not easy for a ball to get to. It was hilarious watching the ex's car get hit severalist times, in one game, last year. Cracked windshield, dented roof and hood. Even broke her Sideview mirror, compliments of one of our kids. It was a good day. 
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Some time around 88 Im coaching LL and a foul ball broke a windshield on a minvan.
Fat yuppie quicheapottamus starts demanding the league pay for it. She parked right in front of a sign that said no parking -reseved for equipment van.:) I called the precinct and had a buddy ticket her fat ass. |
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Actually the child is liable, I would lawyer up immediately. If you are concerned about his ability to pay, you can probably get a court order to force him to liquidate his baseball card collection.
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Which child? Batter only hits the ball because the pitcher threw an unsuccessful pitch. Quoted:
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Actually the child is liable, I would lawyer up immediately. If you are concerned about his ability to pay, you can probably get a court order to force him to liquidate his baseball card collection. 
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| I don't know why I got all the "you are responsible" replies. I never said it was my windshield. Actually what prompted the question was my son hit a foul ball and it smacked a newish Toyota pickup. We know the owner and they know us. Not really friends I would say rather the kind of people you just say hi to when you see them. Anyway they didn't say anything about it but it has been kind of awkward since it happened and I didn't know if I should have offered to help with the damages or what. |
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I don't know why I got all the "you are responsible" replies. I never said it was my windshield. Actually what prompted the question was my son hit a foul ball and it smacked a newish Toyota pickup. We know the owner and they know us. Not really friends I would say rather the kind of people you just say hi to when you see them. Anyway they didn't say anything about it but it has been kind of awkward since it happened and I didn't know if I should have offered to help with the damages or what. |
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Fact: DangerJ scored three runs and large quantities of high fives by hitting a ball over the fence just right of center field.
The sister of some guy on the other team decided to park her brand new Eclipse just 20 feet behind the fence. My ball landed square in her windshield. "Well, you shouldn't have parked there, dumbass" was the verdict. |
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I have to think the owner of the car is responsible.
My kid has been in baseball since he was 5. When I go to his games now at age 15-16, you have kids hitting the ball 350-400 feet. Saw it happen twice last week. Some of these kids are monster hitters. I NEVER park just beyond an outfield wall. I even park 50 yards behind it to account for the bounce after it hits the parking lot. |
 was that intentional?
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