Bloomberg Law
July 10, 2020, 8:43 PM

MLB Netting Supplier Cleared in Pirates Foul Ball Injury Suit

Peter Hayes
Peter Hayes
Reporter

A netting maker isn’t liable for injuries to a spectator at a Pittsburgh Pirates game who was hit by a foul ball that deflected off its netting as she walked to her seat behind home plate, a Pennsylvania appeals court affirmed Friday.

The trial court wasn’t obliged to give a jury instruction that Promats Athletics LLC had a heightened duty of care to plaintiff Wendy Camlin compared to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and the Sports and Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, who both settled before trial.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected in an unpublished opinion the argument that ...