Appeals Court Dispels Immunity Finding in Baseball Case

A high school baseball player, who was struck by a baseball during practice and subsequently sued the school district, has been given another chance after an Ohio appeals court reversed a trial court’s ruling for the school district.   Jeffrey Elston was playing baseball with his teammates at Howland High School on April 29, 2002 when he was struck in the head by a baseball. At the time, Elston was pitching behind an L-screen, which is designed to protect a pitcher from being hit with a b