KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Jurors are hearing testimony in a lawsuit against the Kansas City Royals by a man who was struck in the eye by a foil-wrapped hotdog flung by the team's mascot.
John Coomer of Overland Park, Kansas, says he suffered a detached retina at a September 2009 Royals team when Sluggerrr chucked a hot dog behind his back, striking Coomer in the eye.
The team claimed the so-called ''baseball rule'' was in effect and that Coomer should have been aware of what was going on around him.
Coomer sued, but a Jackson County jury sided with the team in 2011, saying Coomer was at fault.