Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Idaho Declines to Adopt Baseball Rule
In an interlocutory appeal, the Idaho Supreme Court declined to adopt the "baseball rule," limiting a stadium operator's liability for foul balls. The case, Rountree v. Boise Ball (pdf), involved a Boise Hawks minor league game. Bud Rountree was hit in the eye by a foul ball, and sued the stadium owners and the Boise Hawks for negligence. On interlocutory appeal, the Idaho Supreme Court held that "[w]hether watching baseball is inherently dangerous, and the degrees of fault to be apportioned to Rountree and Boise Baseball, are questions for the jury." A Retuers report has more.
- SBS
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/tortsprof/2013/03/iowa-declines-to-adopt-baseball-rule.html