Jury awards family of Ron Patch $850,000 in aluminum bat lawsuit

ASSOCIATED PRESS: A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game.

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The family of Brandon Patch argued that aluminum baseball bats are dangerous because they cause the baseball to travel at a greater speed. They contended that their 18-year-old son did not have enough time to react to the ball being struck before it hit him in the head while he was pitching in an American Legion baseball game in Helena in 2003.  Read full story here

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Posted by:  Kane Reed (Sports Writer)

SOURCE:  ASSOCIATED PRESS