The family of Steven Domalewski, a New Jersey boy who suffered brain damage during a baseball game in 2006, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court. Steven was 12 years old when he was pitching in a Police Athletic League game and was hit in the chest by a baseball. The ball was hit off of a 31-inch, 19-ounce Louisville Slugger TPX Platinum bat. Steven’s heart stopped beating and his brain received no oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes. His family has sued Hillerich & Bradsby Co., the bat’s maker, Little League Baseball, and Sports Authority, which sold the bat.  Steven was not participating in a Little League game at the time; however, the organization has approved the bat as being safe for children. The Domalewskis claim that the defendants should have known that the bat was dangerous. Both Little League and Hillerich & Bradsby Co. deny any responsibility, as does the bat manufacturer.

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