‘Baseball Rule’ Survives Case Involving Atlanta Braves

By Carla Varriale-Barker, of Segal McCambridge “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”- Mark Twain Although a Georgia court recently overturned the dismissal of a spectator injury lawsuit, reports of the demise of the “Baseball Rule” are premature. The recent decision in Norris v. Atlanta Braves, Inc. focused on the procedural versus the substantive issues in the case. The decision rationalized that, at the pleading stage and without the benefit of discovery, there is st