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Try as they might, the city of Detroit can't stop baseball from being played at the old Tiger Stadium site.

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Don't the Detroit Police have anything better to do?

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 24, 2010 5:00 PM CDT reply actions  

Why?

Because: private property + injury + lawyers = big lawsuit

Otherwise you’d think that a city with over 20% unemployment would have other intrinsic issues the police would have to attend to on a daily basis.

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Jul 25, 2010 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

A couple of signs that read...

…. “use this field at your own risk” ought to cover the city from lawsuits.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 26, 2010 7:36 AM CDT up reply actions  

Ah, yes.

Another putdown from you, without any explanation. Lovely to see you here.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 26, 2010 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

It's not a putdown

It’s a simple fact. The notion that a sign that says "use this field at your own risk" would protect a property owner from a tort claim for injuries suffered on their property is simply wrong. Furthermore, even if it would, it would not stop an injured person from filing a lawsuit, which could be expensive and time-consuming to defend.

I think it’s better to keep this focused on baseball, so I’m not going to get into an extended explanation that would 1) take up a lot of my time and 2) be of little to no interest to non-lawyers out there. Instead, I simply pointed out that your statement was absolutely 100% wrong. If you want to disagree and actually present an argument citing precedent or any applicable statutes, then I’ll be happy to take the time to engage.

by Holtzmaniac on Jul 26, 2010 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Had you said this in the first place, it would have come across better.

Your first post came across as condescending, which is frequently what I see from you here.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jul 26, 2010 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Agreed in part

I should have written a couple more explanatory sentences the first time.

by Holtzmaniac on Jul 27, 2010 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

So you're a lawyer then?

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Jul 26, 2010 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

That's a great story

I hope they succeed in keeping it a place to play.

"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008

by BeerCub on Jul 24, 2010 5:58 PM CDT reply actions  

The city should just buy the property

and let it be a city park. Its downtown Detroit: the land cannot be very valuable anymore. Hell, they could probably eminent domain the land on the grounds that they’d be improving upon its current legal use: weed patch.

by ChrisInFla on Aug 3, 2010 2:51 AM CDT reply actions  

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