Jury Awards Concussed Softball Player $1.1 Million

A Dutchess County (NY) jury has awarded a high school softball player $1.1 million after she was struck in the head by a metal bat during a team practice that had been moved indoors and filed suit.   The incident leading to the litigation occurred on March 13, 2013 when her team’s practice was moved inside by coach David Maffei because of inclement weather.   Maffei directed the team to participate in a soft-toss batting drill, where one player kneels and tosses a ball straight up fo