Several pretrial motions are still outstanding, even though the first case now is scheduled to go to trial in August, records show. During a consolidated hearing Wednesday in two pending cases heard at the Daley Center, Cook County Judge Sarah Johnson said she would move quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to make sure that we can put to bed the discovery issues,\u201d Johnson said before scheduling another hearing in the case for early next month.<\/p>\n
One pending motion stems from a request for documents related to the team\u2019s security procedures during home games and evaluations of them, as well as communications between the team\u2019s lawyers and those for Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n
The White Sox argue that those records are privileged and shielded from litigation, and \u201cnone describe or document the operational activities on the August 25, 2023 date at issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Depositions have taken place, including that of White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and the team\u2019s director of event security, who also denied there was a gun in the ballpark. \u201cRespondents operate under the strictest magnetometer sensitivity settings that Major League Baseball issued,\u201d he told lawyers, and \u201cevery person entering the Ballpark passed through those magnetometers on the day of the incident, and that no firearm had ever (moved) past Ballpark security.\u201d<\/p>\n
Legal fight begins<\/p>\n
The first lawsuit to stem from the shooting was filed in August 2024 by a \u201cJane Doe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The complaint came a year after she suffered a gunshot wound to her leg during the fourth inning of the Aug. 25, 2023, game between the White Sox and then-Oakland Athletics. Authorities initially said two women were shot while they were in the left field bleachers \u2014 one in the leg with the other suffering a graze wound \u2014 before a bullet landed in a third woman\u2019s hood. No gun was ever recovered.<\/p>\n
The woman hit in the leg, from the western suburbs, alleged negligence by the team and its security allowed a firearm to be brought into the stadium, since renamed Rate Field. A second lawsuit was filed last year by the two other women.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe specific negligent act or omission that permitted a firearm to enter and be discharged within the stadium is peculiarly within the knowledge and control of Defendant White Sox and not Plaintiff,\u201d the second lawsuit alleges.<\/p>\n
White Sox events<\/p>\n
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The gates open for a game between the White Sox and Oakland Athletics on Aug. 26, 2023, at Guaranteed Rate Field, a day after a shooting injured two fans in the stands. (John J. Kim\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n
Though there are three plaintiffs suing the team over alleged injuries, CPD records indicate only two people suffered gunshot wounds. In court Wednesday, an attorney for the White Sox said one of the three plaintiffs, the one wearing the hood, \u201chad no personal injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n