'Hot Dog Launch' Case Must Be Tried
'Hot Dog Launch' Case Must Be Tried
(CN) - The Kansas City Royals must face a lawsuit from a fan who was hit in the eye by a hot dog thrown by the team mascot, a Missouri appeals court ruled.
John C. Coomer went to a Royals baseball game in September 2009 with his father. After the third inning, the team's crown-topped lion mascot, "Sluggerrr," came out for the Hot Dog Launch.
Twenty to 30 hot dogs are thrown to fans or launched from an air gun in the spectacle.
John Byron Shores, who portrays Sluggerrr, testified that the Hot Dog Launch has been going on since 2000.
The jury watched a video of Sluggerrr tossing foil-wrapped hot dogs to fans, including behind-the-back and over-the-shoulder tosses.
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