CHAPTER 4 - CASE SYNOPSISTaylor v. Baseball Club of Seattle, L.P.During the pre-game warm-up to a Mariners game, Delinda Taylor was struck in the face by anerrantly thrown baseball. To recover for her injuries, she sued the Mariners in a Washington statecourt, alleging negligence. The Mariners argued that Taylor, a Mariners fan, was familiar with theinherent risk of balls entering the stands, and thus assumed the risk of her injury. The court dismissedthe case. Taylor appealed.A state intermediate appellate court affirmed. There was substantial evidence that Taylor wasfamiliar with the game. As a spectator in an unprotected area of seats, she voluntarily undertook therisk associated with being hit by an errant ball thrown during warm-ups before the start of the game.The Mariners had satisfied their duty to protect spectators from balls entering the stands byproviding a protective screen behind home plate. Taylor chose not to sit in the protected area

Are there any sports events at which a player, spectator, or other participant might not be held tohave assumed the risk of an injury? Are there injuries that a participant would likely not haveassumed the risk of?