Claim against Coach for Failing to Adequately Instruct Falls Flat in Maryland

A Maryland Court of Special Appeals has affirmed a ruling against a teenager, who was injured in a softball game, and subsequently took the novel legal approach of suing the coach for failing to adequately instruct, the league for not pitting evenly matched teams, and the league for not using proper equipment (breakaway bases).   Tara Kelly was a 13-year-old second baseman on the St. Mark's Parish softball team when the injury occurred on April 22, 1997. While preparing to tag out an opposi