Karl-Anthony Towns is the face of the Minnesota Timberwolves organization. That apparently doesn’t matter much to his father after a late January incident involving the T-Wolves’ mascot.
Karl-Anthony Towns Sr. alleges that an incident involving the mascot at a January 26 Timberwolves game caused a serious leg injury. Apparently serious enough that senior is considering suing junior’s organization over it all.
Sports Illustrated reports that the 54-year-old is looking in to his legal options after a high-speed sledding act went wrong.
According to the report, the mascot, named Crunch, lost his balance at the end of the stunt and the chair in the empty front row smacked in to the knee of Towns Sr.
The injury was bad enough that Towns Sr. was in noticeable pain and had an ice pack on his knee the rest of the game. He was seen at All-Star Weekend on crutches, three weeks after the incident occurred.
It will be interesting to see what happens here, not just because of Towns Jr.’s status on the team, but because of the legal ramifications. After all, one look on the back of a ticket pretty much tells you, as the fan attending the game, aren’t going to be able to sue for just about anything.
Let’s just say unless there’s an all-out brawl, a la the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers, happens, fans have little legal recourse for most things that happen while in the arena for the event. Unless Towns Sr. can prove negligence was at work here, he is likely legally screwed.
Will a court really rule negligence in a case of a mascot landing awkwardly and causing an empty chair to collapse the wrong way?
If a six-year long court case involving the Kansas City Royals is any indication, the elder Towns may not have a leg to stand on (pun not intended).
Lolz TWolves