A Fan at a Baseball Stadium Is Hit by a Baseball

question 63

Multiple Choice

A fan at a baseball stadium is hit by a baseball. Under what circumstances could the owner of the stadium be held liable for resulting injuries?

• A) If the stadium owner failed to fulfill its duty to provide reasonable protection because there were no barriers or other measures taken to protect game attendees from being struck by the ball.
• B) In all circumstances where a ball hits game attendees, regardless of any other factors.
• C) If the stadium owner took all cost-effective precautions but failed to take part in a multi-million dollar research effort to construct a robot to intercept foul balls.
• D) If the baseball team was the home team and not the visiting team.
• E) If the owner of the stadium was aware of a chance that a ball would strike a patron and failed to cancel the game, despite the risk.

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