MGMT520 Week_3_Case_Study_Group_3___Final_Version.

Coomer ivs iKansas iCity iRoyals




Team i3 iCase iStudy

i Coomer ivs iKansas iCity iRoyals



TeamiMembers:

Yousef iAlsharif, iFaustine iEkor, iFrancisco iGonzalez,

i Sean iGoodrich, iJohnnea iMissick, iChristopher iMorton



MGMT i520: i Legal iPolitical iand iEthical iDimensions iof iBusiness



Professor: i Joel iBunkowske



DATE

, Coomer ivs iKansas iCity iRoyals


Parties

John iCoomer i(Appellant/Plaintiff) ivs iKansas iCity iRoyals iBaseball iCorporation

(Respondent/Defendant)
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Facts

Since ithe iyear i2000, ithe iKansas iCity iRoyals iMascot, i“Sluggerrr”,iperforms

i a i“Hotdog iLaunch” iat itheir ihome igames ibetween ithe iinnings.

Mr. iJohn iC. iCoomer iwas ipresent iat ia iKansas iCity iRoyals ibaseball igame

with ihis ifather ion iSeptember i08, i2009. iDuring ian iintermission iof ithe igame; ithe iKansas iCity

i Royals iMascot iinitiated ithe iHotdog iLaunch, iwhere isome ihotdogs iare ilaunched ifrom ian iair igun

i and iothers iby ihand. i The isignificance ibetween ithe itwo imethods iis ithe icoating iof ithe ihotdogs.

i The ihotdogs ishot iout iby ithe iair igun iare icoated iwith ibubble iwrap, iwhereas ithe iones ithrown iby

i hand ior iwrapped iin ifoil. iOther iRoyal ipersonnel ialso iperform ithe iact iduring ithe isame iperiod ion

i opposite isides iof ithe istadium. iFor ithe imascot, i“He itypically itosses ithe ihotdogs iunderhand iwhile

facing ithe ipatrons; iother itimes imaybe ihe ithrows ioverhand, ibehind ihis iback, iand iside-armed”
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i (Kubasek, iBrennan iand iBrowne, i2017, ip.323). iMr. iCoomer itestified ithat ihe isaw iMr. iShores

i (mascot ibarrier) iturn ihis iback iand imade ia imotion iwith ihis iarm ithat idistracted iCoomer ito ilook

i away itowards ithe iscoreboard. i Once iMr. iCoomer iturned ihis isight iback ito iMr. iShores; ithe ithrown

hotdog istruck ihim iin ithe iface ihitting ihis ieye. iHe iclaims ithis icause idamage iresulting iin isurgery
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i and iloss iof ivision ifor ian iextensive iperiod iof itime.

Procedure

At ithe iinitial itrial iin ithe iJackson iCounty iCourt, iMr. iCoomer ihad icontended, iamong iothers,

i that ithe iRoyals iCorporation ifailed ito iexercise iordinary icare ithrough iits iagents iand ifailed ito

i adequately itrain iand isupervise ithem. i The iinitial ifindings iin ithe itrial icourts iwere iin ifavor iof ithe



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