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[Stinkles]

If people really understood how the process worked, we wouldn't see so many sensationalistic headlines. It's sad really.

the outrage here would be just as bad if it were a dollar.

he is suing the kid, not a school, or organization.

 

[outunderthestars]

Wouldn't this fall under the league's liability insurance?

 

[Machine]

the outrage here would be just as bad if it were a dollar.

he is suing the kid, not a school, or organization.

If he has a legitimate injury, it's what he is supposed to do. The aim is to get money from his parents' liability/homeowners insurance not the kid himself. Standard procedure if a minor causes an injury to someone. The pain and suffering claim is excessive but he should be reimbursed for medical expenses and lost wages if his claim is valid.

 

[Alric]

What are they gonna do make the kid an indentured slave to pay off that type of money? LOL, stupid.

 

[Koomaster]

How old is this kid and are we sure he's not actually a young superman?

 

[PrimaNocta]

Maybe this was the kid's helmet:

lmao ok this got me.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

This kid is going to have to save up a lot of allowance money.

(Do kids still get allowance money?)

 

[Plinko]

Is the kid's name Steve Rogers?

 

[Adam Blade]

This is why lawyers suck.

 

[Llyranor]

The former coach is a chiropractor, so maybe he was used to making fraudulent claims...?

 

[Kobun Heat]

Without going into the specific merits of this particular case since I am not a lawyer and there's a good chance that neither are you, my understanding is that you do have to sue the child as well as anybody else who might be responsible - the courts can decide that the child was, say, 25% responsible and that the parents were 25% responsible and that you were 50% responsible, and if you only sue the parents in that situation you only get a quarter of your losses, rather than half.

 

[Roastbeef]

 

[kehs]

You cause the coaches Achilles heel was his..Achilles heel.

 

[Conscience Falls]

I found the kids diagrams. Turns out it wasn't even a Baseball helmet, pain and suffering indeed.

 

[Tesseract]

yeah, sue that little babe ruth cunt booger.

smh

 

[lunchtoast]

Rosenbagger!

 

[Kobun Heat]

Oh and also the "child" is 14, a fact left out of the OP.

If you're like 8 years old and you throw your helmet, maybe you have the excuse of "Oh but he was just so excited."

A 14 year old can absolutely whip a helmet so fast that it gravely injures someone, and by that age you should absolutely know to not do that.

 

[TUSR]

I found the kids diagrams. Turns out it wasn't even a Baseball helmet, pain and suffering indeed.

Counter sue for improper protective equipment. Endangering lives, psychological trauma.

 

[Cat Party]

This is why lawyers suck.

I am a lawyer and I agree.

 

[mr jones]

I am a lawyer and I agree.

Are you a sexy lawyer?

 

[Alienous]

I just don't like the idea that someone this obviously mentally ill is coaching children.

If a ball struck you in the face and broke your nose you wouldn't have a case, as a coach.

 

[kirblar]

The former coach is a chiropractor, so maybe he was used to making fraudulent claims...?

And... this explains everything.

 

[mre]

I'm shocked that he found an attorney willing to take this case.

Probably did it because he knew it would drum up some publicity.

At first I thought he filed it pro se, but, nope, he has an attorney. He's not getting anything from the kid, so I have to imagine he's named the league itself in his suit and is targeting their insurance.

 

[Conscience Falls]

Counter sue for improper protective equipment. Endangering lives, psychological trauma.

The government will bail him out and send him to work in their weapons department.
"To create monsters, we first had to become one." -George Bush IV

 

[flyinpiranha]

This kid is going to have to save up a lot of allowance money.

(Do kids still get allowance money?)

They just sue parents for it now, that way they don't miss any payments.

 

[Azulsky]

I could go as far as to believe that this guy had a fucked up Achilles beforehand and the kid might, might had induced enough force that it detached.

But Im fairly sure any doctor could testify that there was preexisting damage that caused this.

 

[FOOTE]

I don't know if its true or not but if the helmet was thrown like a fribsee and the bill of the helmet caughthim directly on his achilles, then I could see it as a possibility that he got hurt. I doubt he was injured that badly though.

 

[BronsonLee]

Sharpest Helmet in the League!

 

[mre]

They just sue parents for it now, that way they don't miss any payments.

Absent a showing that the parents were (for example) negligent in allowing their child to play baseball or to wear a helmet, the parents are off the hook. The kid is judgment proof, the parents aren't liable, so the league has to be a party to the suit as well to make it worth the attorneys time, money, and effort.

 

[chickdigger802]

I don't know if its true or not but if the helmet was thrown like a fribsee and the bill of the helmet caughthim directly on his achilles, then I could see it as a possibility that he got hurt. I doubt he was injured that badly though.

coach would also be at what 3rd base? kid is on his way home so he's moving away from the coach AND somehow frisbee's his helmet at the coach?

that is some arm.

 

[Stinkles]

Without going into the specific merits of this particular case since I am not a lawyer and there's a good chance that neither are you, my understanding is that you do have to sue the child as well as anybody else who might be responsible - the courts can decide that the child was, say, 25% responsible and that the parents were 25% responsible and that you were 50% responsible, and if you only sue the parents in that situation you only get a quarter of your losses, rather than half.

While that may be an available legal pathway, nobody in America is obliged to sue children for their misfortune.

 

[BearPawB]

Are we sure the coach didn't get the tear when trying to dodge the baseball helmet?
I doubt the strike of the helmet could do that.

 

[whitehawk]

I would say getting hit by a player throwing his helmet is not the same as getting hit by a line drive.

Notreally. I mean yes, but not really. Even professional baseball players sometimes throw their helmet off siding a home run. Just look at the winning home run for the Blue Jays in 1992. This kid could be looking up to these players, and copied what they do.

 

[Hari Seldon]

How can you even sue a kid? Like when I was 14 I had maybe a thousand bucks in bonds or something. I assume the debts can't transfer to the parents.

 

[BronsonLee]

Are we sure the coach didn't get the tear when trying to dodge the baseball helmet?
I doubt the strike of the helmet could do that.

Article says strike, but ya, Idunno

 

[Ultra Magnus]

This whole case is sickening. You mean to tell me he couldn't have moved when the helmet was thrown at?

 

[mre]

Found another article which states that he has also sued the league (http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/01/15/little-league-lawsuit-coach-sues-player-helmet) which explains where he hopes the money will come from.

Beck says he went into shock after the helmet hit, and he thinks the player threw the helmet at him. His attorney points out that helmet-throwing is not part of the game. The coach is suing his player, the Paris family and the league for more than $500,000 in damages.

 

[Jenov]

lol @ the gif. That reporter rocks.

And yeah. that coach is insane.. he's also a chiropractor? Since he's a coach, out with the players on the field or dugout, he's already signed on to assume risk that he could be hurt by something -- flying balls, baseball bats, helmets, etc. It's ridiculous for him to sue the player and parents unless the kid ran up to him and bashed his leg on purpose.

 

[BMX Bandit]

Kung Lao?

Great now we're gonna have Kung Lao at the Baseball Field in the next wave of accounts.

 

[DietRob]

Ridiculous and will get thrown out. I only hope that the coach will have to reimburse the parents of the kid for their legal expenses.

 

[many places]

Maybe this was the kid's helmet:

lol lol pretty much

 

[endresults]

The negative publicity certainly isn't helping his reviews on Yelp: Golden State Chiropractic.

Here is their website.

LOL at the bottom-left and upper right.

 

[The Cowboy]

Its really weird there is no video of it, I mean its a kids league game and no one was recording it?.

I really want to see this helmet of doom (covered in spikes and razors).

 

[Mammoth Jones]

If he has a legitimate injury, it's what he is supposed to do. The aim is to get money from his parents' liability/homeowners insurance not the kid himself. Standard procedure if a minor causes an injury to someone. The pain and suffering claim is excessive but he should be reimbursed for medical expenses and lost wages if his claim is valid.

Yea, he was going after their homeowners insurance for an easy check. Problem is the kids family does have any homeowners insurance.

Wasn't he coaching a few more games after this "devastating" injury? He full of shit.

 

[krae_man]

Notreally. I mean yes, but not really. Even professional baseball players sometimes throw their helmet off siding a home run. Just look at the winning home run for the Blue Jays in 1992. This kid could be looking up to these players, and copied what they do.

You sir don't deserve that avatar.

 

[IndustryX]

If the kid did recklessly throw his helmet and injure the guy, he should pay the medical bills, but not $500k pain and suffering.

That is disgusting imagine being held liable for hundreds of thousands dollars because you threw your helmet off? Wtf is wrong with this guy.

 

[grosvenor_92]

The judge is most certainly gonna throw this case out there's no way the Coach has an actual case against the kid

 

[Kobun Heat]

While that may be an available legal pathway, nobody in America is obliged to sue children for their misfortune.

Thought experiment: If a 14 year old found a gun, and went outside, and through negligence accidentally fired it, and you were walking by and the bullet hit you in the hand, and you owed $100,000 in medical bills, and your lawyer said that if you didn't sue the minor you would not be able to recover any of that money -- would you sue the minor?

 

[cashman]

Helmet throwing is kind of part of the game when it comes to walk offs.

 

[krae_man]

That is disgusting imagine being held liable for hundreds of thousands dollars because you threw your helmet off? Wtf is wrong with this guy.

I don't think he actually deserves 500k in pain and suffering, but what does it doesn't matter how minor your screw up is? The consequences are the consequences(assuming the injury is real and caused by the helmet throwing).