Blog # 2:

 A fourteen-year old Little-Leaguer is being sued for over $500,000 for throwing his helmet after completing a game winning Home Run. The helmet hit (and tore) Alen Beck (his former Baseball Coach)’s Achilles tendon, who now wants $100,000 for medical bills and lost wages, plus the before-mentioned amount as recompense for his pain and suffering.

                No, this is not a joke; although that’s exactly what the boy’s father, Joe Paris, believed when he learned about the case. He told his local news station (KRCA) that now, he simply considers it absurd.

            This view was most likely reinforced when he saw his bill--the Paris family has already spent $4,000 in legal fees, despite not having yet entered a courtroom.

Beck is now in a wheelchair, and will continue to recover from his condition for an approximated 6 months (http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/surgery-for-an-achilles-tendon-rupture). His lawyer Gene Goldsman believes that this is valid reason for legal action. (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/little-league-coach-suing-his-14-year-old-player-for--600k-after-errant-helmet-toss-215953831.html)

             “I don't think the boy meant to harm him,” Goldsman told Yahoo.” 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”.

Allie Lefkowitz

Staff Writer