PARENTS FILE LAWSUIT OVER FIRE; GIRL HURT IN BASEBALL BLAST.Byline: Orith Goldberg Staff Writer The parents of a teen-age girl badly burned in a flash fire over the summer at the Hart PONY League The Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League, also known as the PONY League, was a Class D minor league baseball circuit that played from 1939 through 1956. The forerunner of the modern Class A New York - Penn League, the PONY served as the first professional baseball address of Complex are suing the league and the landowner, The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. . The lawsuit, filed Dec. 1 on behalf of 14-year-old Allie Haynes and her parents, John and Suzan, alleges negligence, premises liability, product liability and negligent infliction of emotional distress The tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) is a controversial legal theory and is not accepted in many United States jurisdictions. The underlying concept is that one has a legal duty to use reasonable care to avoid causing emotional distress to another and also names PONY Baseball Inc., the national organization that runs the William S. Hart Baseball and Softball League in Valencia. League President Dan Schlender said he wasn't surprised by the lawsuit, aware of the high cost of medical treatment for Haynes and two other victims. He was concerned, however, that Newhall Land was named. The development company has leased the land to the baseball league for $1 a year for the past 40 years. ``Newhall Land and Farm has been very generous to the league and has nothing to do with this incident,'' Schlender said. ``I'm sorry they are involved.'' Newhall Land spokeswoman Marlee Lauffer declined to comment on the lawsuit, saying she had not yet seen the complaint. Allie Haynes was among two other volunteers - 14-year-old Kurtis Anaya and Gloria ``Dee'' Grant - who were severely burned July 18, when a fireball fireball, very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it. erupted in a barbecue stand where they were working during a busy weekend tournament. The plaintiffs are seeking general damages general damages n. monetary recovery (money won) in a lawsuit for injuries suffered (such as pain, suffering, inability to perform certain functions) or breach of contract for which there is no exact dollar value which can be calculated. , compensation for past and future medical and related expenses incurred, past and future loss of earning capacity, and costs for the lawsuit. The complaint says that the defendants ``negligently, carelessly and recklessly caused and allowed one or more cylinders of compressed fuel gas . . . to be handled, delivered, placed, stored in an unsafe manner.'' The complaint further says that the defendants recklessly failed to ``perform reasonable inspections'' and warn the plaintiffs about the unsafe conditions ``which caused and/or allowed large quantities of fuel gas to vent or leak from said cylinders.'' Representatives for the PONY League could not be reached for comment late Monday. Haynes and Grant both were scarred by the burns and are under medical orders to avoid sunlight. Allie Haynes, who suffered from second and third-degree burns third-degree burns npl → brûlures fpl au troisième degré third-degree burns third npl → Verbrennungen pl dritten Grades to her legs, shoulders and arms, is a student at Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
Grant, recovering from burns to 85 percent of her body, said in a recent interview that she expects a year to recover. The league is hopeful its insurer, Markel Insurance, will resolve the matter so it does not go to court, Schlender said. ``There are no hard feelings for the families at all,'' he said. ``I understand they are doing what is in their best interest.'' |
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