Legal Opinion

Rountree v. Boise Baseball, LLC

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 2013No. 38966PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. JONES, Justice.

This is a permissive appeal of an interlocutory order that declined to limit the duty owed by baseball stadium owners and operators to spectators injured by foul balls. Boise Baseball, LLC, Boise Hawks Baseball Club, LLC, and Home Plate Food Services, LLC, (collectively “Boise Baseball”) sought, and we granted, a permissive appeal of the district court’s order. We affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The facts of this case are largely undisputed. Rountree has been a Boise Hawks season ticket holder for over 20 years. On August 13, 2008, he took his wife and two…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Akins v. Glens Falls City School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Stephens v. StearnsIdaho Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Pfenning v. LinemanIndiana Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Cincinnati Base Ball Club Co. v. EnoOhio Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Turner v. Mandalay Sports Entertainment, LLCNevada Supreme Court · 2008

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  5. Shirley Martinez and Richard Martinez v. Houston McLane Company, LLC D/B/A Houston Astros Baseball Club, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2013

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