Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court in Baseball Case

An appellate division of the Supreme Court of New York has reversed a lower court’s ruling and found for a municipality in case where a softball player, who had injured himself while sliding into a base, had sued the town for negligence.   Kevin M. Stadelmaier was sliding into second base during a softball game, when his foot got caught in the dirt. Stadelmaier alleged that the field had been raked and groomed, but that because the surface was too hard his lead foot got caught in the surf