Lawsuit Filed Against Umpire

[mdc18]

I have been a long time reader of this forum and am now soliticing some advice. Two of our Umpires are being sued by a player from an Adult League Team for an incident that occured in May 2009.

The player caught his foot in the fence while chasing a foul ball and broke his leg pretty bad. The player is claiming that he stepped in a hole and is suing the Umpires, the Umpire Association, the Park, the County and the Baseball League.

There were 2 games played that day and officitated by 4 different Umpires. The Umpires inspected the field and never noticed any holes.

Our association has been delaing with this lawsuit for months and the 2 Umpires were just added to the lawsuit. One of the Umpires no longer performs Umpiring duties and has not carried liability insurance since 2010.

Just wondering if anybody has been through something like this and looking for any advice I can pass on to the Umpires. Thanks in advance.