Court Opinion

ID: 9680028
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:17:12.487151+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:24.634056
License: Public Domain

BILLINGS, Chief Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent.
In my view, no doubt influenced somewhat by permanent scars and broken bones acquired in yester-year on baseball and softball diamonds, in the absence of allegations of intentional wrongdoing by the defendant, and resultant injury to the plaintiff, the petition fails to state a cause of action against the defendant.
As the principal opinion observed, one may plead himself out of court. The collision of which plaintiff complains is inherent in baseball or softball. I would hold defendant’s alleged conduct was a risk which is obvious to a participant, foreseeable to a baserunner, not an extra-ordinary happening during the course of a game, and, simply a risk that is an incident to participation in a baseball or softball game.