$14.5M for boy’s brain injury from metal bat


August 22, 2012 at 2:18p.m.

$14.5M for boy’s brain injury from metal bat

Louisville Slugger and Little League Baseball will pay a brain-damaged New Jersey boy $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the use of metal bats in youth games.

Steven Domalewski was struck in the chest by a line drive that stopped his heart while he was playing in a youth baseball game in 2006.

Domalewski is now 18 and lives in Wayne, N.J.

He was pitching in a Police Athletic League game when the batter rocketed a line drive off a metal bat. The ball slammed into his chest, just above his heart, sending him into cardiac arrest. Domalewski’s brain went without oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes.

The family’s lawyer says the money will ensure Domalewski is taken care of for life.