Over the years, fans suing team owners for negligence after being struck by foul balls have met Mariano Rivera-like resistance from trial judges. That is to say, they’ve repeatedly struck out.
The “baseball rule,” adopted by the Missouri Court of Appeals in 1914, generally holds that fans who attend games expose themselves to inherent risk. A form of the rule is on the books in more than a dozen states, insulating baseball team owners from litigation as long as they install protective screens in their stadiums.
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