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People have been sued
I've heard of a couple of baseball cases (kid hit another kid with a bat in the on-deck circle was one). The most serious one a kid in NJ was struck by lightening (the very first bolt). He was dead by the time they got out there to him. Umpire was sued because games can't be going on during lightning (it was the very first bolt).
It could easily happen with basketball too (maybe it has). You want to be a good ref, but you want to be a good person too. I wouldn't let the kid come back in, and I'd take the heat from my board for it, knowing that I made a good choice, despite the rules. Some things are more important then a game of basketball.
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