Analysis

Baseball's Liability Rule Hinders Protective Nets, Injury Suits

By Zachary Zagger (June 3, 2019, 11:31 PM EDT) -- An injury to a young girl at a Major League Baseball game last week has many calling for the league to do more to protect fans from bats or balls that fly into the stands, but it may take overturning a century-old legal doctrine that has traditionally shielded baseball teams from liability to spur action....

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