He spent two seasons with the Angels after an eight-year run with the New York Mets. The 6-year-old sustained a skull fracture after being hit by the baseball in the stands. The lawsuit also cited a previously settled lawsuit filed against the Angels by the family of a boy who was hit by a wild throw at a 2019 game. The Angels, the lawsuit said, “were aware of the increasing danger to fans caused by baseballs entering the stands - not just from batted balls but from balls thrown into the stands by players.” Instead, he allegedly “threw the ball with such force and velocity that it traveled over the outfield wall, up 10 rows and smashed into the eye socket of an unsuspecting fan.” While MLB tickets warn attendees that they assume the risk of being struck by baseballs or bats, Mermelstein argued that Lagares should have “reasonably and safely” handed out the souvenir baseball. “He went to the Angels game to get his mind off his troubles, and what should have been a good time and a diversion for him ended up being one of the most horrific experiences of his life.” “This was a man who was already at one of the lowest points of his life,” said his lawyer, Rob Marcereau, who noted that Mermelstein’s father had recently died before last year’s game, via the OCRegister. Red Sox prospect Jarren Duran also made his much-anticipated MLB debut and collected his first career hit off Yankees ace Gerrit. The Yankees beat the Red Sox 3-1 for New York's first win of the season against its rivals from Boston. lot happened at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night. He was taken to a local hospital immediately for emergency surgery but was left permanently blind in his left eye and “disfigured.” His lawyers said he faces the risk of total blindness in the future, as his left eye was his “good eye,” and he still deals with daily, stabbing pain. Alex Verdugo hit by ball thrown from Yankee Stadium stands. Mermelstein, who was sitting in the outfield bleachers, heard the crowd yell around him and looked up right as the ball hit him on the left side of his face, per the lawsuit.

Lagares, the lawsuit reads, then turned and “randomly hurled the ball into the stands at high velocity.”

After Lagares caught the third out to end the sixth inning of the game, Mermelstein said he looked down to eat some peanuts. Mermelstein was at the Angels’ game against the Kansas City Royals on June 22, 2022, with some friends. Mermelstein, 55, said he was struck in the face at Angel Stadium last June and that the ball crushed his left eyeball and left him blind in that eye. David Mermelstein filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court, according to the OCRegister.

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