Mom wins $125K in Little League slide injury lawsuit
Posted on August 5th, 2009 by Mike under New York, baseballSome Staten Island kid tried to James Brown Super Bad-it into second and his mom is $125,000 fatter in the wallet because of it.
In 2004, Martin Gonzalez, 12 at the time, sustained torn ligaments in the knee sliding into second base in a Little League game. Martin needed two surgeries to repair the injury. His mom filed a lawsuit against the league and Little League Baseball Inc., alleging that her son was not taught the proper technique.
Now, five years later - family waited three to file the lawsuit - Little League Baseball has to fork over $125K to his kook of a mom.
Makes me yearn for simpler time of youth sports. I’m pretty sure you could run through the catcher in my Little League day. Everyone got hurt, no one sued, big league chew was legal.
H/T to Gothamist for this.
Staten Island mom settles suit with Little League and coaches over knee injury (Staten Island Advance)
August 5th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
That might be the most ridiculous thing I’ve read in a long time. It’s sad that lawsuits are the rule rather than the exception. It’s always someone else’s fault in our society and I hate that.
August 5th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
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August 18th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
I think that is so sad that this woman did this. Obviously she was after the money and that was it! She is a pathetic Loser if you ask me!!!