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Assume you are the Athletic Director of a high school. Due to its superior condition, the school’s baseball field is adapted for softball play whenever the softball team makes the state playoffs. Th
Assume you are the Athletic Director of a high school. Due to its superior condition, the school’s baseball field is adapted for softball play whenever the softball team makes the state playoffs. The base paths are shortened from 90 feet to 60 feet, as required by softball rules.
During the first softball playoff game this year, one of your players hit a short pop fly down the right field line. The first baseman for the opposing team stepped into the hole surrounding the fixed anchor for the first base used by the baseball team. No caps or covers had been applied when the base was removed. When the first baseman stepped in the hole, her foot got caught between the anchoring stake and the ground. As a result, she suffered a severely fractured ankle. The injured athlete sued the umpires and the school district for negligence, alleging that the field conditions were improper and unsafe.
A. List and explain the four elements of negligence.
The four elements are: Injury, Breach of Duty, Proximate Cause , Injury
B. Apply the four elements of negligence to the facts of this case (in other words, point out if and where each element can be found in the facts against both the school and the umpires).
C. Does the athlete win against the school?
D. Against the umpires?
E. Support your answers.
Needs to be 250-300 words MAX
Be sure to: 1) Identify the legal source of the issue; 2) use and define the legal terms/phrases that apply; 3) include a minimum of two [2] internet references; 4) properly cite and reference all sources using APA format.
