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Originally Posted by canadaump6
A few years ago, a pair of umpires allowed the players to continue playing into the sixth inning just for fun, even though the game should have been a mercy rule after the fifth. Somebody got hurt, and the umpires got sued. So yes these types of things do happen on the ball diamond. People do not want to take responsibility for their own actions. I think in this case the parents of the kid that got hurt should be sueing themselves for not pulling him off the field. That would make more sense than sueing the umpires. Of course everyone likes to put their blame on the umpires.
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In order to take this out of urban legend status, it would be necessary to know at least some of the "who, where, when..." You know any of this info, or is this just something "everybody has heard"?
Secondly, is this another "anybody can sue anybody for anything..." sitch; or was there an actual judgment against the umps?
See, while there is a reason NOT to continue past the end of the actual game, the reason is NOT merely continuing the game producing liability where none existed before [iow: you may be liable if you screw up apart from umpiring the "scrimage", but if you weren't liable in the first place, the "scrimage" factor doesn't make you liable]. If the kid got hurt and there was no umpire negligence... continuing the game ISN'T itself negligent.
In case you are wondering, the reason you should be very reluctant to do these "favors" "for the kids" is that most leagues' insurance won't cover you for any negligence that DOES happen, and it's a maybe at best for the NFHS, ABUA, or whoever's insurance ... most officiating insurance covers you for "games".