Grynewytsch v. State

Claimant visited Beaver Island State Park on Sunday, June 20,1954. While sitting on a bench near a table in a picnic area, he was struck in the face by a baseball. It does not clearly appear whether the ball was batted or thrown. There was a baseball diamond near the picnic area and children, eleven or twelve years old, were playing on it but were not utilizing the “screen”, or backstop, which was provided. In claimant’s words “ there was no backstop in back of the fellow who was catching the ball ’ ’. Claimant was injured and incurred bills for hospitalization and medical attention totaling…