Via Chicago Tribune:
“The blow knocked me unconscious,” Zuniga said in a statement released by her lawyers. “When I awoke, my beef sandwich was the only thing I had to catch the waterfall of blood running down my face.
“I suffered a spider fracture under both of my eyes,” she said. “I have frequent bloody noses to this day, and my taste and smell have been permanently affected. I was hit so hard my teeth were detached from their nerves and I had to have extensive dental work done. And even then I still lost a few teeth in the process and am still losing them today.”
Her lawsuit contends that protective netting at the ballpark should have been extended to protect more spectators.
“MLB executives, including the commissioner, and players have acknowledged this danger posed to patrons,” the suit states. “Some players refuse to allow their loved ones to sit close to the field unless they are directly behind the netting. The players, through their union, have even demanded that the netting be extended.”
The suit seeks more than $50,000 in damages from the Cubs and MLB.
A similar complaint was filed in 2017 against MLB and the Cubs by a Schaumburg man who was blinded in one eye when a foul ball hit him at Wrigley Field. That case is pending.
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