7-1/ Consider the following conduct if it should give rise to tort liability: During his warm-up between innings, a high school pitcher deliberately throws at an opposing team’s player and hits him in the ribs while the batter is in the batter’s circle attempting to time the pitcher’s pitches.
7-2/ During his warm-up between innings, a college pitcher deliberately threw at an opposing team player standing in the on-deck circle 24 feet away from the batter’s box. The player was attempting to gauge the the speed and time of the pitches, but he did not see the thrown ball in time to avoid it. A high-speed fastball hit him in the face, causing a broken cheekbone and orbital fracture. He now has two permanent blind spots in his left eye. The pitcher’s coach told his pitchers to “brush back” any opponents attempting to time their pitches. Although admitting an effort to intimidate his opponent, the pitcher denied that was trying to hit him with the thrown ball. Should the pitcher be criminally prosecuted?
7-3/ Amos is a scholarship athlete who is the star wide receiver at Big U, a private university with an outstanding football program team. The week before the game with Large U, Big U’s hated rival, Amos suffered a very painful neck injury that prevented him from practicing. Although Big U’s team physician recommended that Amos not play, Big U’s coach pressured Amos to place because the Large U game would decide the conference championship. Amos suffered a broken neck, causing permanent paralysis, when he was injured during the game in a vicious helmet to helmet tackle by Brutus, a Large U defensive back, who was penalized 15 yards for “spearing.” Is Big U liable for Amos’s permanent neck injury and paralysis? Is Large U liable?
7-4/ A spectator an avid hockey fan attended a professional ice hockey game the spectator who was seated in an unscreened area was struck during pregame warmups when a player took a shot at the goal the shot misfired, and the puck hit the spectator the hockey club which owned the arena communicated no warnings to the spectators of the risk of being struck by an errant puck is the club liable in tort to the spectator? See Hurst v. East Coast Hockey League Inc., 2005.
7-5/ Consider whether a coach at a public educational institution would be entitled to qualified immunity in the following scenarios.
A) An instructor accidentally hits a college student athlete with a baseball bat during a hitting demonstration at a baseball camp see Quinn v. Mississippi State university 720, overruled on other grounds city of Jackson v. estate Stewart.
B) A high school baseball player who was not wearing a batting helmet was injured by a ball filmed by one of his teammates during batting practice prior to his injury the players coach failed to enforce a rule requiring all student athletes to wear batting helmets while taking batting practice see Yanero v. Davis.
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