Spectator Struck by Baseball at College Game Gets Case Revived

La Sierra University failed to shake off negligence claims by a spectator struck in the face by a foul ball while attending a college baseball game.

Monica Mayes may proceed with her suit because there is a triable issue of whether the university had a duty to install netting over its dugouts to minimize the risk of spectators being hit by batted balls, a California appeals court said Jan. 7.

The trial court erred when it found the baseball rule—which holds that spectators assume the risk of injury from foul balls so long as the teams and owners have taken ...