Sleeping Yankee Fan Strikes Out With Lawsuit Against ESPN
Posted: July 16, 2014 Filed under: General Liability | Tags: Andrew Rector, Bronx County Supreme Court, Communications Decency Act, Defamation, ESPN, General Liability, Major League Baseball, New York Courts, New York Defamation Law, Sleeping Fan, Torts, Yankees Leave a comment
As reported by multiple media outlets, a Yankee fan who fell asleep during the New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game on April 13th filed a lawsuit against the Yankees; ESPN New York; MLB Advanced Media; and ESPN announcers, Dan Shulman and John Kruk.
The Complaint, which was filed by Okwara & Associates, P.C. on July 3rd in the Bronx County Supreme Court, alleges that “announcers like” Shulman and Kruk “unleashed [sic] avalanche of disparaging words against the . . . plaintiff” when ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast showed Andrew Rector “nap[ping]” during the top of fourth inning of “the rivalry game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankee [sic].” The alleged defamatory language included: “stupor, fatty, unintelligent, [and] stupid.” Read the rest of this entry »