CASE OF PATCH (18-YEAR-OLD KILLED BY BALL HIT OFF ALUMINUM BAT) v. LOUISVILLE SLUGGER AFFIRMED BY MONTANA SUPREME COURT
On July 25, 2003, 18-year-old Brandon Patch was pitching in an American Legion game in Montana when a ball hit off a Louisville Slugger aluminum bat hit him in the head. Brandon Patch would die a few hours later.
After attempting (unsuccessfully) to get a law passed banning the use of aluminum bats in Montana, the Patch family filed a lawsuit (in 2006, on virtually the last day before the statute of limitations ran out) against Hillerich & Bradsby Company (hereafter … Read More
