Source: fox43.com --- Tuesday, October 10, 2017
A man who was blinded in one eye by a foul ball during a game at Wrigley Field is suing Major League Baseball and the Chicago Cubs. “I am trying to protect others from going through what I and my family are going through,” John Loos said at a news conference in Chicago on Monday. During a Chicago Cubs-Pittsburgh Pirates game on August 29, Loos was hit by a ball traveling at high speed. The incident left him blind in his left eye he said. The vision loss may be permanent and he might need a prosthetic eye, he added. “I haven’t done much since August 29 … I am on short term disability. I’m not sure when I will be able to return to work,” said Loos, 60, who works in information technology management and lives in the Chicago area. At Wrigley Field, safety netting does not extend to the far ends of the dugout. The lawsuit (PDF), filed last week, references a 2014 Bloomberg report stating more than 1,700 fans are injured each year by baseballs entering the stands at a high rate of speed. “The most dangerous areas are the exposed areas along the first and third baselines in foul territory,” the lawsuit said. “In these hot zones, there is no netting and the patrons are exposed.” Loos was sitting in such an area when he was struck by the Baseball. Attorney Colin Dunn, who represents Loos, said they are not seeking a particular sum of money at this point. “The lawsuit is seeking more than $50,000 but that’s a jurisdictional requirement fo ...
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