Mon Aug 27, 2007, 03:26pm
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Location: Newburgh NY
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Originally Posted by Tim C
"I know of at least two and I bet I can find several more."
Fit, you could really help out the group if you would list a url or a link to these situations.
Those of us that work on a national level would love to see rulings that slip through our research.
Our criteria that we review is:
A sports contest official must be involved,
The case must find the official at fault,
There must be a legal decision rendered.
We know of several where officials have been named in the orginal documents (Wichita State college baseball) but what we are looking for is a contest official actually winding up being on the losing end of a ddecision.
I admit freely that there have been some rulings that have "nearly" placed officials in jeopardy (example: A slow pitch plate umpire was found negligent because he did not offer HIS mask to a catcher who was not wearing one . . . when the catcher was injured the PU "should have" offered his mask for the catcher to use -- that is what the final determination of the court decided). This case was actually appealed and an out-of-court settlement was reached.
I also believe there have been a couple of lightning related cases.
Message Boards can be usefull and this is one of those times.
Regards,
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Tee this is the best I could come up with.
http://www.naso.org/rprt3.htm
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Peter M. Booth
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