Frank Repercussions in Hotdog Toss Lawsuit

The Kansas City Royals (the “Royals”) have lost a motion for summary judgment in John Coomer v. Kansas City Royals Baseball Corporation, 1016-CV4073, Circuit Ct, Jackson, Cty. February 9, 2011, a well-publicized lawsuit arising out of the antics of the team’s mascot, Sluggerrr. Coomer claimed that he was seriously injured when Sluggerrr, perhaps discharging his mascot duties with too much zeal and “hot-dogging” for the fans, hit him in the eye with a hot dog thrown during the popular �