1B: my feeling in this matter is that although you can sue someone for dang near anything, a suit of this kind would probably not stand. The ball played a role, the pitcher played a role, the batter played a big role, the bat played a role, and the "victim" also played a role. If any component of that chain done something a little different, there could have been a different outcome. I doubt that the specific injury was realistically forseeable beyond the normal inherent risks that all players have while playing the game.
Likewise, I doubt that a similar action against a firearms manufacturer would stand for similar reasons. They make firearms. They sell them to dealers. Dealer sells to a person who passes a background check. Etc... so the manufacturer is liable because somewhere down the line, the firearm gets stolen and is used in a crime?
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Stuff I have little time to play with:
GLOCK 23
Springfield 1911A-1
Browning Buckmark
M1 Garand
Last edited by akulahawk : 05-17-2008 at 06:04 PM.
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