A woman from North Carolina is suing the Los Angeles Dodgers after she was struck in the shoulder by an alcoholic BuzzBallz drink during a baseball game at Dodger Stadium. The lawsuit, filed by plaintiff Kelly Wagner, alleges that the spherical container, roughly the size of a tennis ball, was thrown or dropped from an elevated seating area above her on 6 August.
Wagner claims she experienced immediate pain, bruising, swelling, and loss of normal use of her arm. The injury allegedly derailed her planned four-day family trip to Los Angeles, including a visit to Disneyland, which was “substantially disrupted and deprived of its intended enjoyment”.
Her two young children, who were present at the game, reportedly suffered “fear, shock, and emotional distress” after witnessing the incident. Wagner is suing the Dodgers for negligence and premises liability, arguing the team should have foreseen that serving alcohol in containers capable of being thrown or falling posed a foreseeable risk to spectators.
She claims the Dodgers failed to warn her and others of the “dangerous condition” created by the BuzzBallz. Wagner is seeking unspecified damages for physical and emotional pain, loss of enjoyment, and past and future medical expenses. She has demanded a trial by jury.
A Dodgers spokesperson said the team does not comment on pending litigation. In a separate but related incident, BuzzBallz also featured in an animal cruelty case in Los Angeles, where a man was sentenced to 45 days in jail after feeding the neon-green drink to a captured hawk.
