metal bats are not exactly a "new" technology, they have been around for decades--yep, playing baseball has inherent risks, you would have trouble convincing a jury that they had no clue baseball was dangerous. Their hope may be however to get a sympathetic jury who awards damages just because the plaintiff is such a pitiful wreck, and they see the mfg of the bats as having deep pockets (actually the insurance company of the bat mfg.).
bummer, sorry for the kid and the family---and the bat company, and the coach, and the rest of the team, and the other team,, sob, sob, sob...
