作者lollygagger (chivalry's alive)
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標題[外絮] Bryant reaches out-of-court settlement
時間Tue Aug 28 20:58:07 2012
http://0rz.tw/7fYt0
Kobe Bryant reaches out-of-court settlement in suit alleging
he assaulted Grizzlies fan during 2005 game
科比.布萊恩為05年於球場上攻擊灰熊球迷一案達成庭外和解
By
Dan Devine | Yahoo Sports | Ball Don't Lie
On Aug. 27, 2012
On Thursday, we celebrated Kobe Bryant's 34th birthday by making jokes about
how his 81-point performance against the Toronto Raptors back in 2006 was
fueled by pepperoni pizza and waxing hopeful about how we want the brilliant,
humble, fiery Bryant of old back this season. On Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers
star celebrated a very different occasion — the out-of-court settlement of a
years-long lawsuit that accused him of assault, battery and outrageous conduct
for forearming a Memphis Grizzlies fan in the chest during a game at FedExForum.
上禮拜四,我們歡渡了科比.布萊恩的34歲生日,還打趣他06年對暴龍單場拿81分
的神級表現,得歸功於他對義大利肉醬比薩的熱愛。並且開始希望當年那個才氣縱橫、謙
虛又來勁兒的布萊恩,本季能雄風再現(
http://0rz.tw/dxSlv)。上禮拜五,這位湖人當
家球星則有另一椿喜事,他纏訟一年的官司終於達成庭外和解。他在曼菲斯 FexExForum
球場出戰灰熊隊時,因為在賽中對一灰熊球迷出臂送拐,而遭控企圖傷害、歐擊、不道德
行為(譯註:此項罪名可有懲罰性賠償)等罪名。
The incident in question took place during an 85-73 Grizz win on Nov. 14, 2005.
While running after a loose ball headed out of bounds, Bryant collided with
Bill Geeslin, an insurance agent from Blytheville, Ark., who was sitting
courtside. Geeslin came away from the collision with a bruised lung cavity and
decided to take legal action, according to Lawrence Buser of the Memphis
Commercial Appeal:
事件是發生在2005年11月14日,灰熊85-73氣走湖人的那場賽事上。布萊恩
為了救球,飛身撲到場邊觀眾席,倒在阿肯色州來的保險經紀人 Bill Geeslin 身上,導
致他肺部淤傷破洞,這位觀眾憤而決意提告。根據曼菲斯 Commercial Appeal 報的
Lawrence Buser 報導(全文連結
http://0rz.tw/1uwG5):
(以下節錄)
"I recall a fast-paced incident seeing him come to me, running into me and
then forearming me," Geeslin said in a 2008 deposition. "He intentionally
forearmed me in the chest. He did not apologize. He walked away and pushed —
he kind of pushed his arm toward me and glared at me and walked away."
「我記得事情發生得很快,他衝過來撞到我,然後用小臂推我,」Geeslin 08年的証詞
說:「他故意用小臂推我胸口,也沒跟我道歉,還邊走邊推人,這樣子用他的手臂推我,
邊瞪眼看我邊走掉。」
He surmised that Bryant was angry that his team was losing or that the
referee called no foul on the Grizzlies.
據他猜想,是因為當時湖人快輸球了,或者是因為裁判沒吹灰熊隊犯規,所以布萊恩感到
很火大。
Geeslin, then 49, died two months after his 2008 deposition, but his estate
is continuing with the suit with his mother, Betty Geeslin, substituted as
the plaintiff.
Geeslin 事發時49歲,於08年說了這番證詞兩個月之後去世。但由他的媽媽 Betty
Geeslin 承受訴訟,母替兒成為原告。
There is no allegation that the contact with Bryant caused his death, but
Geeslin previously said he felt like "a human punching bag" and filed suit
because he felt violated and that Bryant should not be able to "inject such
pain."
沒有任何理由可以斷言布萊恩造成 Geeslin 之死,但 Geeslin 曾說他感覺自己簡直就
像「人肉沙包」一樣慘遭痛擊,他深覺受到侵犯,布萊恩不應該造成他人「如此痛楚」。
(以上節錄)
Geeslin — and, subsequently, his estate — felt that such treatment and the
suffering that followed entitled him to an amount "exceeding $75,000,"
according to Buser. That seems like a level of damage that not even "The
Narcissist" Lex Luger's surgically enhanced forearm could inflict with a
single blow, but then, I am not a doctor.
根據 Buser 報導,Geeslin 還有他的母親認為,他遭受不平對待以致受盡苦楚,至少
應該要判得美金七萬五千元的賠償。個人覺得,就算給水仙獸 Lex Luger 手術增大的
巨臂打上一拳(Lex Luger影片
http://0rz.tw/ZFhjR),應該也不至於搞出七萬五千
鎂的傷勢來...不過話說回來,這話要醫生說了才算。
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee dismissed
Geeslin's suit in 2010. U.S. District Court Judge S. Thomas Anderson wrote in
his summary judgment that "no reasonable juror could conclude that the
Defendant intended to harm the Plaintiff when he effectively pushed himself
off of Plaintiff's chest to get up and back in the game," that "a reasonable
juror could not conclude that Defendant's action was intended to cause
Plaintiff harm," that "a reasonable juror could not possibly conclude that
[Bryant pushing off Geeslin] under these circumstances constitutes an offensive
contact," and that the single forearm was not conduct "so outrageous that it is
not tolerated by a civilized society."
其實,田納西西區法院在2010年並沒有受理 Geeslin 的案子。地方法官 S. Thomas
Anderson 在他的審案摘要裏寫道「被告在撞到原告後,很快便起身上回到球場上,沒有
一個明智的陪審員會裁定這樣的情況是蓄意傷害」、「明智的陪審員不會裁定被告的行
為是出於想傷害原告」、「明智的陪審員不可能裁定在那樣的情況下(布萊恩推 Geeslin
之舉)是攻擊行為」,而且單單一支手臂也並非「不見容於文明社會的不道德行為」。
Last December, though, the appeals process kicked in. From Dan Sewell of The
Associated Press:
然而,去歲十二月,原告上訴有了結果。The Associated Press 的 Dan Sewell 記者
報導:
(以下節錄)
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled Thursday that a
federal district court was right to dismiss the fan's claim of intentional
infliction of emotional distress. But the lower court was told to take
another look at the lawsuit's claim of assault and battery. [...]
美國聯邦上訴法院第六巡迴審判庭,週四在辛辛那提裁示,地方法院不受理此案中,原
告對被告之蓄意傷害所導致的心理創傷索賠的部份,是正確的。但上訴法院也告知地方
法院,對於企圖傷害、歐擊兩罪名,則有審視的空間。
The western Tennessee district court ruled that fans sitting courtside assume
the risk of such contact. But the three-judge appeals panel said that wouldn't
include the alleged forearm shove.
地方法院裁示球迷在場邊看球,本應承擔對這類的接觸風險。但第六巡迴法庭的三位法
官則認為,布萊恩出臂推擠的行為,不在此風險之列。
(以上節錄)
Jury selection on the assault and battery case was set to begin Monday;
evidently, neither Bryant nor his attorneys wanted to see that happen,
agreeing to undisclosed terms with Geeslin's estate on Friday.
企圖傷害、歐擊案預計於禮拜一開始挑選陪審員;事實顯示,布萊恩和其律師當然不希
望真的對薄公堂,於是在禮拜五和 Geeslin 母親以不公開的條件達成合解。
If you're anything like Tom Lorenzo at the great Grizzlies blog Straight
Outta Vancouver, the fact that this case wound its way through the American
legal system for nearly seven years and resulted in Bryant having to pay
anything, even if it's not the full $75,000 from Geeslin's original suit,
strikes you as sort of "ridiculous."
如果你跟偉大的灰熊布落格 Straight Outta Vancouver(
http://0rz.tw/buFFs,有神
戶救球圖)的 Tom Lorenze 想得一樣,你大概會覺得,這案件在美國司法系統蠕行了近
七年,到頭來布萊恩居然還得賠錢了事,不管有沒有照對方要求的,賠了七萬五鎂這麼多
,都有點離譜吧。來聽聽 Tom 的說法:
(以下節錄)
[...] I don't mean to make light of [Geeslin's] death or his sustained
injuries, but really, when you're sitting courtside at an NBA game, you do
take on the risk of having large men twice your size barrel into you. It
comes with the closeness of it all.
我對 Geeslin 之死,或他受到的傷勢,沒有任何輕視的意思。但,說實在的,你願意
在場邊看NBA球賽,就應該承受有兩個你這麼大塊頭的傢伙,向你撲過來的風險。
這就是場邊座位啊,可以超近距離觀賞球星,相對的也有這類風險。
It's a risk you take — a costly one, no doubt. But unless we don't want our
players going hard all 48 minutes, or unless we want to add a barrier between
the court and the fans, we probably shouldn't be setting a bad precedent by
suing a player for "going hard."
有高報酬你就應該承受高風險啊,當然在這案子裏,風險無疑是大了點。可是,除非不
想看到球員全場48分鐘全力以赴,除非想看到場邊圍上圍欄來保護觀眾,否則的話,
我們其實不應該開下「狀告球員拼命救球」的惡例。
(以上節錄)
On the plus side, all those players who've been looking for an excuse to
avoid hustling to the baseline after an errant lead pass or sprinting to the
sideline for a backcourt deflection now have it — it's sound legal and
financial strategy. We now know that Eddy Curry has been on the right side of
jurisprudence all this time. Thanks, The Law!
往好的一面看,覺得為了飛身撲向底線救球太費事的球員,現在有了絕佳的藉口了。這
這麼拼所為何來?一個搞不好還得吃上官司,賠錢了事。現在我終於了解,原來 Eddy
Curry 一直站在司法正義的一方。偉哉,法律!
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推 H9J868 :這種事發生在台灣大概會被說是鬼島的法律 08/28 21:03
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→ ILLwill :否則即使是球員整個飛撲到身上也是有可能的 08/28 21:09
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推 ohya111326 :不虧是法院老江湖 08/28 21:14
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推 GANZ :櫻木表示: 08/28 21:18
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推 KAKU29 :如果老大受傷 這位球迷應該會更早死 08/28 21:20
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推 Balboa :是觀眾該死擋到老大吧 能當人肉沙包是前世修來的 08/28 21:23
推 kblover :珍雖 屆轉 08/28 21:24
※ kblover:轉錄至看板 Lakers 08/28 21:24
→ Balboa :老大真不愧是佛心和解王阿 08/28 21:24
推 a303121 :出庭王 08/28 21:25
推 ymsya : 歐吉 08/28 21:25
推 teddyhtf :頂到肺了 08/28 21:29
推 yankees21 :LaoDa!!!!!!!! 08/28 21:33
推 GianniC :這種事情應該由球團跟聯盟概括承受 不該讓球員個人 08/28 21:42
→ GianniC :來負責 畢竟這是場上的意外... 08/28 21:42
→ GianniC :你不能說球迷不能告 這不合理 但是球團跟聯盟應該 08/28 21:43
推 DDRent5566 :樓上說得沒錯,但這件事發生在老大身上 所以老大負責 08/28 21:43
→ GianniC :出來處理 不然以後誰敢認真打球... 08/28 21:43
→ ok158 :jefa的腦袋真的............XDDDDDD 08/28 21:44
→ DC17 :想酸就酸,但是在那反串扯死人真是有水準...= = 08/28 21:44
推 gordon27 :如果是為了場上而出現的意外 球團應該要處理 08/28 21:45
推 GianniC :聯盟搞這麼多錢 應該買了保險吧 這種東西就是應該 08/28 21:46
推 Jefa910 :我腦袋很好 08/28 21:46
→ GianniC :讓保險公司出來處理... 08/28 21:47
→ GianniC :不然就是球團花錢買保險... 08/28 21:47
推 atmmaxing :球迷當然要把事情說的超級嚴重 保險公司才會給錢 這 08/28 21:47
→ atmmaxing :是常識了 妳被撞到 對方是凱子 妳不會狠狠薛她一筆? 08/28 21:48
推 bredka :被老大撞死 死而無憾惹 08/28 21:50
推 powerjj :一堆球迷巴不得被老大狠狠的撞兩下啊 08/28 21:55
→ ldstar :迷迷讓KOBE撞 會爽到死~~ 08/28 22:01
推 cama :不愧是老大 連奧本山之役都沒有球迷獲賠了 佛心!! 08/28 22:03
推 ILLwill :在美國這種地方,如果有空隙本來就會被抓住這點告 08/28 22:06
→ ILLwill :有時只是賭一口氣而已 08/28 22:06
推 H9J868 :kobe雖小的是撞到沒有理性的酸酸,看球員有錢就想打 08/28 22:12
→ H9J868 :官司撈一筆錢,撞到個窮球員不就死得冤枉? 08/28 22:13
推 kevinaa :科宗瑞庭外和解專家 08/28 22:28
推 harddaynight:不愧是法庭王 08/28 22:31
噓 gn00324893 :這種事應該是要地主球團來負責吧= = 08/28 22:31
→ gn00324893 :這種事要是發生在棒球場上的界外球 不就一堆球員要被 08/28 22:33
→ gn00324893 :告到死了 08/28 22:33
※ 編輯: lollygagger 來自: 111.250.78.127 (08/28 23:08)
推 GianniC :樓上 問題在於誰該負責 我不認為是球員 而是球團或 08/28 23:13
→ GianniC :聯盟.... 08/28 23:13
推 Caryniko :根本是搶錢 08/28 23:22
→ Caryniko :我看以後看棒球被界外球打到都能領錢了 08/28 23:22
推 GianniC :樓上 那你怎麼不問 球場為什麼不設計到讓觀眾不會 08/28 23:24
→ GianniC :被意外打傷... 08/28 23:24
推 ASDF0714 :法庭王真不愧是法庭王 08/28 23:29
推 q4690744 : 普萊恩發生這種事真的很悲慘,球迷看球自己本身就要 08/28 23:32
→ q4690744 : 注意了,無論是普萊恩或者觀眾 希望都不會再發生這 08/28 23:32
→ q4690744 : 事情惹 08/28 23:32
推 Caryniko :那乾脆說~ 馬路怎麼不設計到讓用路人都不受傷!? 08/28 23:44
→ Caryniko :飛機怎麼不設計到不失事?? 08/28 23:45
→ Caryniko :電腦怎麼不設計到不會中毒呢? 誰要負責!? 08/28 23:45
→ Caryniko :明知道有風險要怪東怪西的~ 是嬰兒哭餓喔!? 08/28 23:46
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→ GianniC :台灣的教育是這樣子的嗎?? 08/29 00:01
→ mvp04 :飛機失事不用賠? 寫病毒不用被抓? 護航也護好一點... 08/29 00:03
推 PaulPierce34:以一家企業來說,原本就該防止職業災害的發生,這原 08/29 00:06
→ PaulPierce34:本就應該被檢討的。 08/29 00:06
推 asdfgodsam :這串看下來 他在那當下護航的點 哪裡有錯? 08/29 00:06
→ asdfgodsam :他是針對那句 球場為什麼不設計到讓觀眾不會被意外 08/29 00:07
→ asdfgodsam :打傷... 才回那些的 沒有不合理的點阿 他有沒說不用 08/29 00:07
→ asdfgodsam :賠阿 08/29 00:08
推 H9J868 :此例一開,以前被撲搶球的球員撞到的觀眾,兩個月內 08/29 00:09
→ H9J868 :有傷殘或死亡的全都來求償了... 08/29 00:09
→ H9J868 :然後以後撞到觀眾的球員不能回頭繼續打球,要先暫停 08/29 00:10
→ H9J868 :球賽,土下座的方式向觀眾道歉才可以 08/29 00:10
推 PaulPierce34:如果舊的法律或規則有缺點,為何不能改變呢? 08/29 00:11
推 GianniC :那要證明傷跟死亡與撞有因果關係才成立啊... 08/29 00:11
→ PaulPierce34:現在的問題是因為球場設計不良,並非球員與觀眾問題 08/29 00:12
→ PaulPierce34:因為努力救球會有人死傷的疑慮,這根本是愚蠢的設計 08/29 00:13
推 royshih0418 :以後場邊5公尺都淨空好啦 省得麻煩 08/29 00:14
推 GianniC :籃球場邊是不是有這麼危險 我覺得可以討論 08/29 00:14
→ GianniC :問題在於 如果真的有風險 球團在賣票的同時 08/29 00:15
推 WEIKUNG :一直都覺得觀眾席離球場太近 連我們在打都會飛出去 08/29 00:15
→ GianniC :也要承擔意外的後果....難道收了錢什麼事都沒有嗎?? 08/29 00:15
→ WEIKUNG :更何況NBA那種速度跟體型 超危險的 08/29 00:15
推 PaulPierce34:場邊淨空會很荒謬嗎?如果你有獨立思考的能力 08/29 00:16
→ GianniC :場邊淨空很好啊 問題是球團會少賺很多錢啊... 08/29 00:17
→ PaulPierce34:我認為甚至應該加裝護墊牆在周圍來保護球員 08/29 00:18
噓 ellis08 :強肩王!! 08/29 00:20
推 PaulPierce34:即使是WWE也不斷的再改變規則與設備來保護選手 08/29 00:20
→ PaulPierce34:很多運動都一樣在加強安全,GP、F1也都是,為何NBA不 08/29 00:22
→ PaulPierce34:當這種事情常常發生,應該想想有沒有什麼需要改變了 08/29 00:23
→ PaulPierce34:而不該只是怪罪球員與觀眾。 08/29 00:24
推 GianniC :我覺得風險也許不是這麼高 多花一點錢保險處理就好 08/29 00:24
→ GianniC :球團或是聯盟該負起責任 而不是讓球員自己面對... 08/29 00:25
推 PaulPierce34:以F1來說,當然是最危險的運動之一,但是每年都為了 08/29 00:30
→ PaulPierce34:安全更改規則、賽道、車輛等等...但NBA似乎完全不關 08/29 00:31
→ PaulPierce34:心這種事情,一個這麼大的企業體不該成立一個安全檢 08/29 00:32
→ PaulPierce34:討部門實在令人匪夷所思... 08/29 00:33
→ PaulPierce34:談到賺錢,如果能讓球員避免更多的意外傷害,不是能 08/29 00:34
→ PaulPierce34:賣出更多門票嗎? 08/29 00:34
推 LBJ23 :禁止前5排坐人 就可以防止這種事情發生了 08/29 00:37
→ LBJ23 :前五排就放些緩衝墊 08/29 00:38
→ LBJ23 :我該寫信給Stern談談 08/29 00:38
推 PaulPierce34:也許緩衝墊上可以印一些正妹,讓救球也變成一種享受 08/29 00:39
推 GianniC :PP34 因為看起來沒這麼危險 而且影響到門票收入也跟 08/29 00:40
→ GianniC :球員薪水有關 我想也許不支持的人很多... 08/29 00:40
→ GianniC :會被撞到的票最貴...真的很有趣... 08/29 00:41
→ PaulPierce34:如果我是一位球員,我不知道為什麼不支持。球員健康 08/29 00:41
→ PaulPierce34:才是本錢,健康才能賺錢。 08/29 00:41
噓 whoolan :謙虛又來勁兒的布萊恩 作者是腦殘還是眼瞎了 08/29 00:58
→ whoolan :Kobe很謙虛那世界哪來自大的人 08/29 00:59
推 u2gogowin :我是覺得還好啦, NBA打了這麼久好像也沒看過誰被球員 08/29 02:15
→ u2gogowin :救球而死亡, 至於防護墊之類的, 最多桌子那邊加吧 08/29 02:16
→ u2gogowin :不然第一排有一部分是教練團跟隊友, 然後再來就是 08/29 02:17
→ u2gogowin :VIP的球迷們 QQ 我是覺得不需禁止 08/29 02:17
推 vick6339 :我覺得底線那票記者最危險 最容易衝出去的地方還拿 08/29 02:28
→ vick6339 :相機坐在那 08/29 02:29
→ steven211 :坐在那邊當肉墊 = =" 看到球員飛撲真的很恐怖 08/29 07:26
推 kazake :以後前三排都附贈防撞護墊吧哈哈 08/29 11:05
推 kazake :我覺得第一排的觀眾自己要有躲避的意識,像大歐救球 08/29 11:07
推 snow5566 :推殺人犯會被水桶嘛 08/29 19:17
→ jcchiou :大歐救球時, 觀眾會展現無比驚人的彈跳和爆發力 09/02 14:52