Baseball League Not Liable in Woman’s Death, Wyoming Jury Rules

A Wyoming jury has ruled that a youth baseball league is not responsible for the death of a woman at a Casper ball field in 2008.

The jury concluded Casper Youth Baseball did not behave negligently in connection with the death of Jennifer Job-Massa, of Sioux Falls, S.D.

Job-Massa was killed when a shed at a baseball complex toppled in powerful winds.

The baseball league argued Job-Massa’s death resulted from an unforeseeable act of nature.

Attorneys for Job-Massa’s family had accused the league of doing nothing to ensure the shed was structurally sound or built according to city code.

The Casper Star-Tribune reported that the family also sued the company that built the shed. Court documents show the company settled with the family for $1 million.

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April 11, 2011 at 3:06 pm

Capt Hindsight says:

She shouldn't have been standing next to a rickety shed during a powerful windstorm. It might blow over and cause injury or even death. My work here is done.
April 8, 2011 at 2:28 pm

gma67 says:

The problem is not the lawsuits, however frivolous they may be. The problem is the "settling." The shed company gave them a million reasons to keep right on suing.
April 7, 2011 at 2:10 pm

Debbie says:

Florida is hit with hurricanes every year. Do you think every homebuilder, shed manufacturer, fence company, etc should be sued because a house, shed, fence or whatever is bl... read more