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Analyzing Dustin Fowler's Lawsuit Against the Chicago White Sox

When a professional athlete is injured in a game, hardly anyone asks whether the injury could lead to a lawsuit. And why should they. Injuries are part of every sport. Athletes, especially at the professional level, assume the risk of danger on every play.

But is that true of all injuries? Could some occur not because “that’s just the way the game is played” but rather because other people were negligent in designing how the game would be played?

Go back to June 29, 2017. It was an ordinary day for most but certainly not for Dustin Fowler.