High Court: Baseball Player Assumed Risk of Being Intentionally Hit with Pitch

In a majority opinion, the Supreme Court of California has found that a community college district was not liable for the injuries suffered by a student-athlete of a visiting team, who was beaned by one of the community college district's pitchers during a baseball game. Significantly, the high court found that the plaintiff assumed the risk of being intentionally hit by an opposing pitcher.   The incident occurred on January 5, 2001 in a game between the Rio