Assumption of Risk Comes Into Play in Case Where 10-year-old Was Hit in Face by Baseball

A New York state trial court has granted summary judgment to Little League Council of New York City, Inc. and other defendants in a case in which they were sued by the parents of a 10-year old child, who was hit in the face while he was participating in a Little League baseball practice. The court’s ruling was made pursuant to the assumption of risk.   On the date of the accident, April 9, 2010, the plaintiff, age 10, attended his first Little League baseball practice. His father had prev