Something is not adding up

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Originally posted by gsf23

The Santopietro case was somewhat different. The lawsuit was brought against two umpires of a softball game, alleging that their failure to maintain control of the game and the players led to a thrown bat striking a spectator in the head, causing a skull fracture. The umpires prevailed at the trial, and the injured spectator appealed. In its review of the case, the Connecticut Supreme Court agreed that umpires have a duty to enforce the rules, exercise reasonable judgment and maintain control of the game to prevent risk of injury to others, including spectators. In other words, if a game official fails to adequately enforce the rules, and that failure leads directly to injury of another person by a game participant, the official may be held liable.

Some people are so stupid. Who would sue the official about anything, unless the official actually did something to hurt someone. How about instead of holding the umpire liable for some idiot player throwing a bat, how about you hold the player liable.

I mean just last week I was calling a game. And the batter popped out to end the inning. He was mad so he threw his bat at the backstop fence from about 25 feet away. So me being the good umpire that I am, I reconized that this was actually my fault for not calming down the batter after he was put out. So I promptly ejected myself from the game.