The Kansas City Royals are facing a lawsuit filed by a man who says the team’s mascot, Slugger, injured him with a hot dog. John Coomer says Slugger used an air gun to launch hot dogs into the stands, and later began throwing them into the crowd by hand.
Coomer says Slugger tried to throw a hot dog behind his back. Instead of sailing out of Slugger’s hand, the suit says, “Slugger lost control of his throw, or was reckless with his throw, and threw the hot dog directly into Plaintiff”.
Slugger on a happier day.
Coomer claims he was sitting just a few feet from Slugger when he was hit in his left eye by the hot dog. The suit says Coomer suffered a detatched retina and developed a cataract in the injured eye, and that he expects to have future medical expenses because of the injury.
A spokesman for the Kansas City Royals declined to comment because the suit is a pending legal matter. Coomer's suit cites negligence and battery, and asks for more than $25,000 in damages.
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