Cubs Dropped from Injured Fan's Lawsuit

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Baseball fan John “Jay” Loos was struck by a foul ball at Wrigley Field last August while sitting in an outfield section along the first base line. The incident left him blinded in one eye, and he later filed a negligence lawsuit against MLB and the Chicago Cubs.

The Chicago Tribune reports that both defendants petitioned the court to be dropped from the suit, but only the Cubs were successful. The club was removed as a defendant after a judge said that the plaintiff and his legal team had “failed to adequately show the team acted recklessly.”

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