A former little league coach who is suing one of his 14-year-old players claims he is simply looking for an apology.

Little League Coach Alan Beck says he's willing to drop the $500,000 legal action against the player and his family if they will apologize to him. The lawsuit stems from an injury Beck allegedly suffered after being struck by the player's batting helmet during a post-game celebration.  According to news reports, Beck says his Achilles tendon was partially torn by the wayward helmet and that he and other coaches had previously urged the players, including the minor named in the suit, not to throw their bats or helmets.

“He had a history of throwing the helmet. We had a safety talk about that,” Beck, a chiropractor, said. Reportedly, the decision to sue came reluctantly after months of hoping his injury would heal. The suit seeks damages for lost wages, medical expenses, general damage, loss of earning capacity and legal costs.

“They don’t believe their child did anything wrong,” said Rajdep Chima, the family’s attorney. Chima disputed Beck’s version of events and said he was confident – based on case law protecting leagues and participants from sports-injury liability – his clients would win if the suit went to trial. The league also denied any liability for Beck’s injury.

“I don’t see how it was possible, how what was alleged occurred,” Chima said. If the injury occurred during the celebration, he said, the boy’s action clearly wasn’t malicious.

But Beck says the injury did not occur during normal game play, rather during an unwarranted celebratory action that the player had previously been asked to stop. Beck said he grew increasingly annoyed with the Parises’ failure to offer sympathy or accept blame on behalf of their son for the injury.

—Source: The Sacramento Bee

A jury took only ten minutes to find the Aspen Brewing Co. not guilty of the city's noise ordinance.

After a couple living in a downtown condo filed scores of complaints about music coming from businesses nearby, the city of Aspen, Colorado charged the businesses with violating ordinances that prohibit unreasonably loud noise and noise that exceeds 60 decibels. Among the alleged offenders was Aspen Brewing Co. which shares an adjacent wall with the couple, Natalia Shvachko and her husband, Michael Sedoy.  The couple reportedly made at least 30 complaints against the brewery and other bars and restaurants since moving into their high-end condo in October 2012.

“We can hear exactly what’s going on next door,” Shvachko said. “None of us can sleep.”

At trial, Lucas Van Arsdale, the brewery’s attorney, asked the jury, “Can the city prove that the Aspen Brewing Co. was unreasonably loud?”

Jurors were unconvinced that the brewery should shoulder the blame for all the noise on restaurant row.

“With the ambient noise around, there was no way to tell that it was coming specifically from the brewery,” said juror Sam Oster. “With as many places that are located in that area, it could have been any number of sources.”   

Aspen Brewing Co. owner Duncan Clauss testified that live music is crucial in drawing patrons. That offering for customers will continue, he said after the trial.

“I believe we have music booked for Friday and Saturday night,” Clauss said.

—Source:   aspendailynews.com 

A Colorado woman is suing an Aspen restaurant after allegedly being served too much cheap tequila.

Julia Penny of Wood Creek, Colorado, filed a small-claims lawsuit against upscale restaurant Casa Tua claiming she was served so much alcohol she ended up in the hospital.  Penny is seeking damages of $3,770, equivalent to her bill from the Aspen Valley Hospital.

According to news reports, Penny was served a margarita in a tall glass and that the bartender, who was quite busy, mistakenly added too much alcohol.

“I totally got overpoured,” Penny said. “It could’ve been the fact that it was cheap tequila. I thought maybe I had been drugged or something.”
 
The blood work showed that she had ingested five or so shots of tequila. Penny said she filed the lawsuit because the restaurant management was ignoring her.
 
“I went out for dinner that night and ended up in the emergency room,” Penny said. “I’m just very angry.”

—Source: Aspendailynewsonline.com

An Oregon man is suing Nike trying to get the athletic apparel powerhouse to foot some of the bill for his actions.

According to news reports, Sirgiorgiro Clardy used his Nike Air Jordans to stomp the face of a "client" after the victim refused to pay for the services of his "escort." The man required stitches and plastic surgery, and Clardy was found guilty of second-degree assault, as well as other charges.

Clardy is suing Nike for $100 million, claiming the shoes should have come with a warning that they could be used as a dangerous weapon.

Representing himself and in a handwritten complaint from jail, Clardy wrote: "Under product liability there is a certain standard of care that is required to be up-held by potentially dangerous product … Do (sic) to the fact that these defendants named in this Tort claim failed to warn of risk or to provide an adequate warning or instruction it has caused personal injury in the likes of mental suffering."

Clardy has also asked a judge to order Nike to begin attaching warning labels to all “potentially dangerous” merchandise.

—Source:  newsfeed.time.com