Family sues bat company over death

[wildfire4461]

And wins.

As if dumbasses suing gun companies over deaths isn't enough. Now it's happened to a baseball bat company.

[JadedTombstone]

Theyre just pissed off that their dumbass son fucked himself up so they blame something else for their bad parenting. Fuck them to hell.

[amaterasu]

And my desire to leave America someday grows and grows...

[CompleteDouche]

When you join sports, don't you sign a medical form, that is basically a waiver, so when you get hurt, you have no one to blame.
Is someone going to sue a gun company for someone dying from one?

[Minion777]

The family of Brandon Patch argued that aluminum baseball bats are dangerous because they cause the baseball to travel at a greater speed.

BWAHAHAHAHA

[amaterasu]

With that precedent you can...

"My husband died because he didn't know the gun would shoot that fast and he couldn't dodge the bullet."

[ChocEliteBar]

At 10/29/09 08:40 PM, CompleteDouche wrote: When you join sports, don't you sign a medical form, that is basically a waiver, so when you get hurt, you have no one to blame.
Is someone going to sue a gun company for someone dying from one?

Only if the gun did not function properly and accidentally killed someone. Otherwise, not at all.

[Luxury-Yacht]

Okay, what the fuck. That's ridiculous. I'm no fan of using metal bats in baseball on any level, but a warning? On a BASEBALL BAT? FUCK THAT SHIT.

Sure, metal bats make balls go faster, but you could still die after being hit with a ball off of a wooden bat. It's just common knowledge that 1) metal bats are stronger and 2) if you get hit in the head with a baseball after it is hit very hard, you'll get fucked up.

[Valjylmyr]

The family was awarded $58,000 for their pain and suffering and damages.

What the fuck? How is money going to help them? Did they spend $58,000 in Kleenex?

[Maverick-Alex]

"We never expected it," she said. "We just hoped we could get the truth out for more people to see."

"We just want to save someone else's life," Patch said.

just

Hahaha, OHWOW.

[TheRadicalOne]

These morons deserve nothing, I am sure their son (who was probably a baseball fan) is rolling in his grave.

[Luxury-Yacht]

If the parents wanted the league to stop using aluminum bats, why didn't they sue the league for allowing the use of unsafe products?

[PennyPigtails]

People sue people for just about anything now a days..

[Maverick-Alex]

At 10/29/09 08:47 PM, Luxury-Yacht wrote: If the parents wanted the league to stop using aluminum bats, why didn't they sue the league for allowing the use of unsafe products?

That, at least, would be more tangible and less ridiculous.

[MultiCanimefan]

At 10/29/09 08:39 PM, JadedTombstone wrote: Theyre just pissed off that their dumbass son fucked himself up so they blame something else for their bad parenting. Fuck them to hell.

Yeah not being able to react to a hard hit baseball makes someone a dumbass.

[AntiHero1317]

only in america

[puddinN64]

I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm just gonna bash your brains in.

[TheStonePilot]

You know what we should do? Every time a retard brings a stupid case like this up, the country counter-sues for causing mental distress. Seriously, they owe me my brain cells back.

We need to fix the legal system in this country

[BabiesAteMyDingo]

At 10/29/09 08:40 PM, amaterasu wrote: And my desire to leave America someday grows and grows...

Are you kidding. If it's that easy to make money in America, my desire to move state-side grows and grows!!

[Sizzlebuzz]

Since the baseball was traveling at a greater speed, he wasn't able to dodge it. Wow, what a load of crap. Opposed to him being able to dodge a ball hit from a wooden bat?

Sure, it's horrible, but these parents are garbage. Using their sons death for a payday.

[TNT]

I heard that when I was driving home, and I found it to be quite sad.

[milinko959]

People like this are sick. If they just wanted to get the word out, they should have campaigned, not sued. Fuck people.

[WeHaveFreshCookies]

I'm starting to rethink my choice to go to America for University... what do they want the company to do? Write, "WARNING! This product could kill somebody if you hit a ball really hard and it hits them in the head"

Why should companies have to put all these stupid warnings on products because some people are just too stupid to think for themselves.

[Wyze-Stingray]

With legality this stupid, I'm surprised they didn't sue the ball maker (for not having all balls be covered in padding), the coach, (for negligence), the catcher (for calling for that specific pitch), the batter (assault) and whoever let these kids participate in such a risky game.

[Sizzlebuzz]

At 10/29/09 10:12 PM, WeHaveFreshCookies wrote: I'm starting to rethink my choice to go to America for University... what do they want the company to do? Write, "WARNING! This product could kill somebody if you hit a ball really hard and it hits them in the head"

Everyone knows that a ball hit by an aluminum bat goes further and such. But these people just wanted money. I honestly don't know how they got money for this. This is what baffles me more than anything. How did they win this case.

[Icecry0]

Who cares it's a private company.

Now if they sued for tax payer money...

who wouldn't want to sue, get some money for all the crap they may have indirectly caused atleast
bit ridiculous but oh well, nothing new

[FatJoe214]

It's a fucking blunt metal object! How the fuck do they NOT see the danger in a aluminum bat?

[Tonsil-Hockey]

Call me naive, but I thought this post was about actual bats. I thought by bat company, you meant a company that makes toy bats for halloween, and some kid got tangled up in the rubber wire and chocked to death. That would have been funny. The reality however is retarded. You guys will sue anything that moves.

[MyGuitarSticks]

Why did I have to be born a human?

[6r0undZ3r0]

Wow, this is just sad.