Sporting events can be dangerous.
A woman is suing the Houston Astros for more than $1 million after she broke her finger at a game in July 2018, according to court documents filed Monday.
Jennifer Harughty alleges her finger was shattered when the team’s mascot, Orbit, fired a T-shirt into the stands.
The lawsuit says Harughty was at the game with her sons, husband and her father seated behind third base about halfway up the first deck when the incident occurred.
Orbit is accused of using a “bazooka style T-shirt cannon” to rapidly fire multiple shirts into the crowd during the game’s seventh inning.
“Orbit took aim and fired a T-shirt into the stands where Harughty and her family sat. The T-shirt struck her left index finger head-on and with so much force Harughty’s finger fractured,” the lawsuit stated.
The woman went to the emergency room after the game where she was told she would need surgery. She later underwent two operations to fix the fracture.
“So whenever it hit here, the pressure and the force of the T-shirt, this knuckle couldn’t withstand so it just shattered once it hit,” Harughty said. “Come to find out, it was shattered. We were thinking, oh, OK, it’s broke but no big deal. It’s a finger. We’ll put a cast on it. Four weeks, you’ll be fine.”
Just spoke with the woman who filed a suit against the @astros after trying for nearly a yr to get help w/ bills for multiple surgeries to her left index finger. She was sitting in the lowest level when she says a T-shirt shot by a Gatling gun hit & shattered her finger. #khou11 pic.twitter.com/XIqtgy12eY
— Melissa Correa (@KHOUmelissa) April 9, 2019
The lawsuit alleges the team was negligent in several ways, including failing to use reasonable care when firing the cannon and failure to warn fans of the risks associated with the cannon. The lawsuit also claims Astros staff were not properly trained for the safe use of the cannon.
Documents show Harughty is asking for more than $1 million for physical pain, suffering and impairment along with mental anguish and loss of any earnings both in the past and in the future.
Just imagine how much money she could have tried to get had she broke more fingers.
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