Court: Getting Hit by a Baseball After a 3rd Out Is an ‘Inherent Risk’

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed in a majority decision a lower court’s ruling that the Philadelphia Phillies and one of its outfielders, who tossed a ball into the stands after getting the third out in an inning, did not owe a duty to a spectator, who was injured by the ball.   The decision was significant because the state had abolished its Assumption of Risk Doctrine years earlier, but the courts there have gradually reinforced a “no-duty” provision.   The accident