As many of you know, Romanucci & Blandin supports a ban on metal baseball bats in youth leagues. USA Today addressed the issue on the front page of yesterday's Sports section. For the complete story, click here.
CHICAGO – Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of its client, a Chicago teenager, against The Jesse White Tumbling Team, Inc., for failing to properly supervise the tumblers and provide proper medical care at a Fourth of July parade in Wheeling in 2008. As a result, the plaintiff, a former team member, suffered permanent paralysis of the lower half of his body.
For the front page story, “A daring stunt gone wrong,” which appeared in the July 20, 2010 Chicago Tribune, http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-paralyzed-tumbler-20100719,0,1126862.story
CHICAGO – Romanucci & Blandin has received the results of a study that show the number of doctors in Illinois has NEVER declined in the past 45 years. In 2005, when the cap went into effect, the myth of doctors fleeing abruptly stopped – rather odd considering that there was no immediate droop in the high malpractice insurance rates (the reason why doctors were supposed to be leaving).
Interesting fact: Illinois has more doctors per capita than three other states – California, Ohio and Texas – frequently cited by tort reformers because of their caps on damages
In softball, little and senior league and college baseball, most of the bats are made up of aluminum. Proponents of aluminum bats say that metal bats hit the ball harder and farther. But in truth, metal bats aren’t safe. They should be banned, especially for use by youth leagues.
Brain injuries, chest injuries, and even deaths, have resulted when metal bats were used by children. Metal bats may increase the speed of the ball, but is a higher batting average worth the risk? Isn’t it ironic that, when it comes to professional baseball, players say that wood baseball bats are a must.
