Cup Check
by Geep on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 at 01:00pm
A Miami-Dade jury has awarded almost $1.2 million to a 21-year-old man hit in the groin by a batting-cage pitch.
The jury decided last week that the Sluggers batting cage operation at Tamiami Park in West Miami-Dade negligently failed to properly supervise its employees.
Lhyvann Felipe, who was 19 years old at the time, was hit in the groin by a 60 mph pitch, said his attorney, Gabriel M. Sanchez. He was hospitalized several days later.
The ball struck him after an employee asked him to go back into the batting cage to help pick up the balls.
The machine, which had already completed the cycle and did not have the lights on, spit out the ball, which hit him.
Remberto Sanchez, an owner of Sluggers, declined to comment. Sluggers’ attorneys did not return calls for comment. The judgment called for Felipe to be paid $160,000 for medical expenses and $1 million for pain and suffering.
That made me cringe and immediately check on my twins. The main legal question is, would John Kruk or Mike Lowell only get 500k for pain and suffering?