Coach Sues Player For $600k After 14 Year Old Celebrates By Tossing Helmet

A coach is suing a player for $600,000 because he said the 14 year old was celebrating too hard and accidentally hit him with a baseball helmet.

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Joe Paris, the Little League player’s father, was astonished when he first heard that coach Alan Beck was suing over the incident:

“I actually thought it was a joke at first. Now I think it’s absurd.”

The lawsuit is quite real and quite painful, both financially and physically, if the coach is to be believed. When a teammate of the boy hit a game-winning home run, he was on second base. But as he rounded third base toward home he threw his baseball helmet into the air in celebration.

The coach says the helmet hit him on the ankle and severed his Achilles tendon. Because of this injury the coach is suing his player for $100,000 in medical bills and lost wages. But he’s also tacking on another $500,000 for pain and suffering. The legal expenses related to this lawsuit have already cost the Paris family over $4,000 and the case won’t even start yet until March of this year.

Brian McClintock, Little League International’s director of media relations, doesn’t want to comment on the right or wrong of the case:

“Unfortunately, it is Little League policy not to comment on any aspect of a pending legal action. Sorry I can’t be of any help.”

Attorney Bill Portanova has looked at the case and he says the coach suing his player will probably have trouble pursuing the lawsuit since it’s a sport where baseballs, bats, people, and even helmets are a known danger to your health:

“There’s a good chance whoever responds to the lawsuit will get it dismissed because the plaintiff in the case signed on for contact because baseball is a contact sport.”

While Alan Beck won’t comment himself until his attorney Gene Goldsman says it’s alright, the lawyer did have something to say:

“I don’t think the boy meant to harm him. But, this wasn’t a part of the game. A guy who volunteers his time to coach should not be subjected to someone who throws a helmet in the manner that he did. What the kid did, it crossed the line.”

Who do you think crossed the line: the 14-year-old Little League player, or the coach who’s suing his player?