Court: Facility Operator Owes No Duty of Care to Spectators Outside of Stadium

The Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, held last month that no duty of care exists to warn or to protect non-patron spectators who are injured while retrieving foul balls outside of a baseball stadium.   In Haymon v. Pettit, 2007 Slip Op 09071 (November 20, 2007), the plaintiff's fourteen-year old son sustained personal injuries when he was struck by an automobile as he chased a foul ball into traffic outside of a stadium operated by the defendant. The defendant offered free ticke