Cubs Strike Out in Play to Move Foul Ball Suit to Arbitration By Christian Berthelsen | March 17, 2021
Two weeks before the first pitch of the season, the Chicago Cubs have already whiffed on an effort to force an injured fan into arbitration, in a ruling that could undermine a practice teams use to avoid litigation.
In a unanimous decision issued Tuesday, a state appeals court in Illinois upheld a trial court decision allowing a lawsuit by the fan to go forward. The court ruled that the arbitration provision in small type on the back of the ticket, referring the holder to a web page with more information was “so difficult to find, read or understand” that the fan couldn’t have known what she was agreeing to.
Major League typo page one.
When you attend a game, pay attention. That being said, when injuries occur, pay up. Double secret arbitration ain’t right.
Arbitration is shady as heck, so I like that finding generally, but anyone attending a game should know to watch out. Accidents happen, calling this negligence and going for a payday is gross. I’ll caveat that a bit, asking for MLB to pay medical expenses would be fine, but this sounds more like they’re looking for a payday to me.
- Jose Abreu s Next Homer - Wednesday, Mar 17, 21 @ 9:21 am:
Pay attention but make sure you walk around the concourse while not watching the action, look at the scoreboard and videoboard as there’s always stuff up there, look at your cell phone cuz we’ll give you reasons to. Yeah, really easy to pay full attention to the action with all the impulses the stadium experience is giving you.
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Press release… The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 1,665 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 27 additional deaths.
- Christian County: 1 female 90s
- Cook County: 1 female 40s, 1 male 60s, 2 females 70, 8 males 70s, 1 female 90s
- DuPage County: 1 female 70s, 1 female 80s, 1 male 90s
- Kane County: 1 male 60s
- Knox County: 2 females 70s, 3 females 80s, 1 male 80s
- Madison County: 1 male 90s
- Marion County: 1 male 70s
- Winnebago County: 1 male 20s
Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,177,320 cases, including 20,330 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one to older than 100 years. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have reported 61,400 specimens for a total of 17,721,561. As of last night, 1,488 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 361 patients were in the ICU and 172 patients with COVID-1