Game Over: Pre-Trial Settlement in New Mexico Foul Ball Case

By R. Douglas Manning,   Following the New Mexico Supreme Court’s review of “The Baseball Rule” and the remanding of the case to the District Court for trial (see: Sport Litigation Alert, 6/15/2012), the parties involved in the Edward C. vs. City of Albuquerque Baseball Club, LLC, et al., have reached a pre-trial settlement. In 2003, four-year-old Emilio Crespin was struck in the head by a batting practice homerun during pregame warm-ups for the impending AAA baseball contest between