Court refuses to reinstate netting lawsuit against Major League Baseball
An A’s fan and a Dodgers fan say about 1,750 spectators a year are injured by foul balls lined into the stands at Major League Baseball games — including the Dodgers fan, who’s still in pain from a liner that slammed into her ribs in 2015 — and that should be enough to require ballclubs to extend their safety netting from behind home plate to both foul poles.
A federal appeals court wasn’t convinced Friday and refused to reinstate their proposed class-action lawsuit, which had been tossed out by a judge in Oakland last year.
Research provided by Major League Baseball showed that the risk of getting hit by a foul ball in the first-base section chosen by one of the fans is .