I need to get a hold of the PA softball rules interpreter. He has told PA FED umpires a story of a case he had to give a deposition on for West Virginia. The umpires hadn't walked the field before the game,sometime during the game a advertisement sign(one of the metal ones) was found near the foul line. The umpire placed the sign outside the fence.Later the wind picked up the sign and it hit a student cutting them. The city(its field,high school and umpires were all found guilty of negligence for the sign being there. Does anyone else here in PA remember this being told? :confused:

Actually I heard about this - I think it was in our college rules clinic. The way I heard it was they found the sign during their walk of the field and tossed it over the fence. The sign didn\'t hit a student but rather a parent. And yes, from what I remember of the story, they were sued. I don\'t know where it happened in WV though.

I\'m going to have to email the gentleman in question and find out.