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Little League coach sues player $600K over injury incurred during celebration
Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:30 pm
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Little League coach sues player for $600,000 over injury suffered from helmet toss
Alan Beck is seeking $500,000 in pain and suffering, and an additional $100,000 in lost wages and medical bills, from the unnamed 14-year-old player whose helmet landed on Beck’s foot and tore his Achilles tendon.
After scoring the game-winning run, the unnamed 14-year-old defendant tossed his helmet in the air, only for it to land on Alan Beck’s foot and tearing his Achilles tendon.
Now the Roseville-based chiropractor is seeking $500,000 in pain and suffering, and an additional $100,000 in lost wages and medical bills, according to court records obtained NBC affiliate KCRA-TV of Sacramento.
"What the kid did, it crossed the line," Beck's attorney, Gene Goldman, told KCRA.
"He (Beck) is a good guy who was volunteering his time and now he's in a wheelchair. Who's the victim here?"
Joe Paris, the boy's father, said he thought the lawsuit "was a joke at first."
Paris isn't laughing any more after having to pay $4,000 in legal fees, not to mention additional court-related bills that are expected to go on for months.
That's his own fault, according to Beck's lawyer.
"If they owned a home, they should have had homeowner's insurance," which would theoretically cover the costs, Goldman said.
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Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:35 pm to NC_Tigah
He'll easily win his case. Unless the defense can show he somehow encouraged players to throw their helmets off in celebration.
Though I doubt he'll get everything he's asking for.
Though I doubt he'll get everything he's asking for.
This post was edited on 1/16/14 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:38 pm to NC_Tigah
I would think the lawsuit named everyone possibly connected to the incident and hoping to get a few dollars out of it. Obviously start with the kid but he (the lawyer) knows the money lies with the youth league (and their insurers), the BOD, the Umpires (for ruling it a homerun), the concessions for selling him the caffeine infested colas and on and on..
Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:43 pm to Diamondawg
I want to know if the coach was in the designated coach's box. If he left the box before the game was called, he should be at fault.
Personally, I think this entire thing is fricking stupid and this guy should be ashamed of himself.
Personally, I think this entire thing is fricking stupid and this guy should be ashamed of himself.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:44 pm to Scruffy
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I want to know if the coach was in the designated coach's box. If he left the box before the game was called, he should be at fault.
Now THAT is a good question.
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Personally, I think this entire thing is fricking stupid and this guy should be ashamed of himself.
The victim is always at fault in righty land.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:47 pm to SpidermanTUba
quote:Meh. Help with paying hospital bills is about the only thing that should be asked for.
The victim is always at fault in righty land.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 7:57 pm to SpidermanTUba
quote:In the real world, everything has risks. The guy volunteered to coach because he wanted to (I would assume). Why is anyone at fault?
The victim is always at fault in righty land.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:17 pm to SpidermanTUba
Awesome troll retort 
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:20 pm to NC_Tigah
You can sue for as much as you want.
Doesn't mean you're going to win.
Doesn't mean you're going to win.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:31 pm to SpidermanTUba
Id be embarrassed as a human to file that lawsuit . Whats the deal with his Achilles anyway, i tore mine in the parking lot of tiger Stadium and after three months in a Bledsoe boot i was fine ...?????
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:37 pm to SpidermanTUba
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He'll easily win his case. Unless the defense can show he somehow encouraged players to throw their helmets off in celebration. Though I doubt he'll get everything he's asking for.
Completely wrong. This will settle for a couple thousand at most, no attorney in his right mind would take this case to trial. The whole incident will be judged on a reasonableness standard...is it reasonably foreseeable that a helmet, ball, bat, snow cone might hit you? Uh yeah it is, you assumed that risk by stepping into the field. The insurance defense attorneys are going to tee off on this guy if he is dumb enough to go into the courthouse.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:45 pm to fleaux
quote:Not sure of this guy's tear but non-surgical repair is pretty rare.
i tore mine in the parking lot of tiger Stadium and after three months in a Bledsoe boot i was fine ...?????
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:48 pm to NC_Tigah
In fairness to the coach....that's a pretty serious injury and I think the league will settle for a lot of money.
This post was edited on 1/16/14 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:48 pm to Diamondawg
If it completely ruptured i would get that but from personal experience mine healed itself
Posted on 1/16/14 at 8:51 pm to SpidermanTUba
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The victim is always at fault in righty land.
In this ^^^ post, ignorance and wrongness are in the lead running neck and neck coming into the final stretch of the Moron Derby.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 9:28 pm to Crimson1st
Let me see if I have this right..... A helmet created a torn Achilles tendon? A helmet fell onto a foot? Hmm? Pardon me, but.... isn't the Achilles tendon BEHIND the foot? How could a helmet fall onto the back of a person's foot?
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:15 pm to NC_Tigah
Here's a post I did earlier in a thread that went off the rails.
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Also read that the parents don't have homeowners' insurance.
What a sleezebag to ask for 600k.
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The coach claimed the boy didn’t even score the winning run, and that the impact of the helmet on the back of his leg caused him to ‘go into shock.’
‘I knew I went into shock because I lost my hearing and everything dimmed down,’ he continued.
Mr Beck coached 11 games after the alleged injury, and his lawyer admitted he knows baseball is a contact sport – which exposes him to a certain amount of risk.
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‘[But] this kid crossed the line, he recklessly took some equipment and he didn’t care… and he violently threw it,’ Mr Goldsmith told HLN.
‘He definitely threw the helmet at me,’ Mr Beck added.
Also read that the parents don't have homeowners' insurance.
What a sleezebag to ask for 600k.
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:27 pm to NC_Tigah
He clearly suffers from a bad case of what experts call being a huge bitch
Posted on 1/16/14 at 10:39 pm to NC_Tigah
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Now the Roseville-based chiropractor is seeking $500,000
fricking Chiropractors. I always knew those guys were shady frickers. Just the type to file a frivolous law suit, someone with a fake doctor degree.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 12:45 am to Scruffy
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Meh. Help with paying hospital bills is about the only thing that should be asked for.
Probably. But if you're lawyer isn't asking for everything they think they could reasonably get from a jury at trial, you've got a crappy lawyer and should fire them. In any negotiation its always best to start out with an offer you think is more advantageous to you than fair. Otherwise you've got no ground to give!
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