Louisiana’s Recreational Use Statute Applies in Baseball Incident

A Louisiana state appeals court has affirmed a trial court’s ruling, dismissing the claim brought by the mother, whose daughter was struck by a baseball as she entered the stands. In so ruling, majority of the panel concluded that the mother bore some of the responsibility “to warn” that there was a danger and that the municipality that operated the facility was not grossly negligent.   The incident in question occurred on February 26, 2004, when plaintiff Tonya Ardoin DeLafosse was a