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How can an umpire be liable for anything over which the umpire has no authority and no responsibility to rule one way or the other?
If a fielder's mask breaks and puts an eye out, is the umpire liable?
Of course, anyone can bring any frivolous lawsuit they want, so, the umpire can be named as a party in a lawsuit if the league schedules a game between teams of different skill levels and someone on the less skilled team gets injured.
Remove the umpire's responsibility and authority over all equipment and the liability goes with it.
I'm talking about actual liability, not the legal equivalent of the TWP or the need to defend against frivolous lawsuits.
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Tom
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