Houston Astros sued by parents

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A small girl's parents are suing the Houston Astros much than 2 years aft the kid was deed by a foul shot that a lawyer says caused a skull fracture and her encephalon to swell.

Court documents amusement the suit was filed by lawyer Richard Mithoff connected behalf of Jonathan Scott and Alexandra Colchado, the parents of the miss injured during a May 2019 crippled astatine Minute Maid Park.

In the suit filed Thursday successful Harris County District Court, Scott and Colchado assertion the Astros were negligent erstwhile their then-2-year-old kid was hurt. They are seeking unspecified damages.

In the weeks since the incident, Mithoff revealed the miss suffered "a skull fracture successful the backmost of her head, subdural bleeding, encephalon contusions and encephalon edema which is swelling,"

The miss besides suffered seizures, the lawyer added.

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The incidental happened erstwhile the Astros hosted the Chicago Cubs, and Albert Almora Jr., who present plays for the New York Mets, deed a enactment thrust into tract conception 111 connected the 3rd basal broadside of the ballpark.

The family's lawyer said the foul shot deed the miss astatine an estimated 100 miles an hour, which gave the household lone a 2nd and a fractional to react.

The girl's wounded threw Major League Baseball into a statement of whether netting should beryllium extended. The lawyer said the miss sat successful a conception that wasn't covered.

Incidents involving foul balls astatine Minute Maid Park didn't extremity with the small girl. A period aft the girl's injury, a fan was deed successful the ribs. Later that October, a dugout paramedic was sent to the hospital.

Eyewitness News has reached retired and awaiting remark from Mithoff and the Astros organization.