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Jury finds Great Neck H.S. baseball coach negligent
Quick ReadA former baseball player at Great Neck North High School claimed the coach threw baseballs at him in practice.
Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | Great Neck North High School student Ben Herskowitz at court on Thursday. (November 12, 2009)
Student hit by baseball thrown by coach wins lawsuit
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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