Rawlings Underweight Youth Baseball Bat Suit Voluntarily Dropped

A father who alleged Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. misrepresented the weight of youth baseball bats has dropped his lawsuit against the company.

Richard Sotelo bought a 2018 Rawlings Youth 5150 USA bat labeled and advertised as being 27 inches long and weighing 16 ounces. But he alleged the bat was 2.6 ounces heavier, impeding his son’s swing.

• Some deception claims advanced in 2019, but motions for class certification were denied in 2020 and again earlier this year
• Sotelo and Rawlings have now stipulated to the dismissal of his claims with prejudice, and Judge George H. Wu of the US District ...