“I knew foul balls go into the stands,” Loos, 60, of Schaumburg, Ill., told USA Today. At one point during the Aug. 29 game, a line-drive foul ball went into the stands and slammed into Loos’s face. Now, he’s suing Major League Baseball and the Cubs franchise, which he accuses of negligence for not installing enough protective netting to stop foul balls before they rocket into the stands. But there are no requirements, leaving all 30 stadiums with varying amounts of protective netting. In April, for example, the Atlanta Braves settled a lawsuit in April brought forth by the father of a six-year-old girl whose skull was shattered by a foul ball.

Source: thestar October 10, 2017 14:15 UTC