DETROIT — A Major League Baseball player is suing Comerica Park for an injury he suffered at the park during a game.
Athletics player Zack Gelof is suing Comerica Park, Ilitch Holdings and the Detroit-Wayne County Stadium Authority for unspecified damages from his injury July 9, according to an article from CBS Detroit.
Gelof was playing left field against the Tigers when a fly ball was hit into foul territory near the left field line in the third inning.
Gelof ran towards the ball, slid to make the catch, and crashed into a part of a fence. The lawsuit states the the collision resulted in a gash on his right leg “that narrowly missed the patellar tendon.”
The lawsuit says that as a result of the injury, Gelof missed 30 days of the MLB season, and Gelof’s “physical injury and its professional and economic consequences remain substantial.”
“Professional stadiums and ballparks have a fundamental responsibility to ensure that their playing surfaces and surrounding structures are reasonably safe for the athletes whose talent and performance drive the sport and league revenues,” said Marko and Stare in a statement, the Detroit-based firm that filed the lawsuit.
“We are aware of the lawsuit and do not comment on pending litigation,” the Tigers said in a statement issued on Tuesday.