That is your house. Not a business. If you have a business and someone slips and falls in your store because of something that could have been avoided, you could sue and you would win. And rightfully so. If the floor is too slippery to walk, then it wasn't your fault you fell.

The guy didn't want a hot dog. Common sense says if hr doesn't want it, then don't throw it to him. Let alone throw it hard with no arc. Let alone behind the back. Let alone in foil vs bubble wrap, which was advised.

What a drag it would be to be known as "Coomer the Hot Dog Douche."

Here's another hypothetical. Mascot wasn't looking at where he was throwing. What if he threw it to a 4 year old. Or someone who was disabled and had poor reflexes.

Again, why in the world would you throw that shit behind your back?

It isn't that cut and dried.

If Bob Dole has 20 customers in the store and someone spills their Icee, there is no expectation that Bob Dole stop everything immediately and mop up the mess.

And don't think people have not spilled their own shit and then slipped in it on purpose.

I don't have all the details and haven't read through the thread...but from the limited info I have it seems he didn't do anything wrong by asking for his medical to be paid after being injured at the ballpark by something with nothing to do with the game.

That's not negligence.

Negligence is someone spilling their ice on the floor and someone slipping on it an hour later after the store had ample time to clean up the mess...or at least put up "wet floor" signs.

Did you see the diagram of where the hot dog was thrown from, how far it traveled, and what visible obstructions if any were between Coomer and the Slugger? Do you know all of the other variables involved?

Yeah, unfortunately if it was a 4 year old or a disabled person, the court would have probably made them pay. Which is stupid. It SHOULDNT matter who it was, or what it was, but you know, feelings. I'm sure the jury would have been much more sympathetic to a child or a woman. Unfortunately that's just how the world works. More logic, less feelings IMO.

In fairness, no I have not seen diagrams. Only that it was behind his back, supposedly "no look", and was thrown with low arc.

I just see the standard as this... If a fan doesn't want a hot dog, don't throw it at him. It would be one thing for me if the Mascot just tossed it and missed. It's another to just wing hot dogs around with little control over where they're going. The hot dog could have been tossed underhand. Should have been tossed with more arc (slugrrrr admitted to this). Should have been tossed to someone who was paying attention to him. If we go a step further, it could have easily have been wrapped in bubble wrap, which is how most of these promotions go. So there were several areas where the Royals but especially the employee were careless. I get it wasn't intentional negligence but it's still negligence.

You're acting like you would have a choice whether to pay someone or not for getting hurt on your property. You wouldn't. The person's medical insurance company would absolutely attempt to recover the money either from your homeowner's insurance, or by suing you directly.

The suit wouldn't be successful unless the homeowner or business owner was liable. I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Most homeowners policies that have medical payments for others are capped at a very low amount (ie $1000), and is just there for small accidental incidents and to be used more or less as a goodwill measure. I believe in some instances/areas, people can opt completely out of that type of coverage for a lower premium. But surely your liability and homeowner's coverage is not paying for significant injuries to any visitor or friend at your home, unless you are literally at fault.

1) the Royals employee was clearly at fault. If not for the Royal employee, the fan would have never been hurt. There's that standard. So it's not the same as your example where it's just a casual slip and fall. In this case, the injury happened because somebody else contributed to it
2) the accident could have been avoided. The Royals could have bubble wrapped the hot dogs and the mascot could and shouldn't have been throwing no-look, behind-the back tosses especially to people who weren't looking at him
3) homeowner's coverage is different from commercial property coverage. As a businessowner, you are liable for the safety of customers you invite into your place of business and you are held to a much higher standard. it's why all businesses have general liability insurance

If not for the mascot throwing the shit behind his back, I'd agree with you. For that matter, nobody probably gets hurt if the mascot throws the hot dog out there like a normal person. If anything, chances of accident are significantly reduced.

And you are clearly wrong.

I don't see what's hard about this.

He threw a hot dog at a guy who never asked for one. And it's because he wasn't looking.

I find it funny that in this scenario, two guys weren't looking at each other. And the guy who gets blamed isn't the thrower... apparently it was the guy who didn't catch it. How does that make any sense?