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Baseball teams need to protect fans from foul balls -- and US courts need to lift MLB's special liability exemption

  • Written by Nathaniel Grow, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
Close call?AP Photo/Morry Gash

Tens of thousands of fans are gathering at Major League Baseball ballparks around the country for hot dogs, home runs, their favorite players’ autographs and the fresh grass on the field.

Few fans will consider the possibility that they could be blinded or suffer a serious head injury by a ball or bat leaving the...

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