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Jury finds Great Neck H.S. baseball coach negligent

The varsity baseball coach at Great Neck North High School failed to follow sound coaching practices, and that negligence was a significant factor in a hand injury to a freshman player during batting practice in the spring of 2007, a Nassau County civil jury decided Thursday.

In a mixed verdict, however, the six-person jury found that coach Michael Lewis did not act recklessly in the episode...

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