smashed into his face and it hit him so hard that it crushed his eyeball, kind of like a grape being hit with a hammer." "There was a roar from the crowd, caused him to look up, just in time to see a baseball careening towards his face at high velocity," said Marcereau. Mermelstein was sitting in the outfield stands when he looked down to eat some peanuts. He can't do any of the activities he used to enjoy and on top of that, he's still dealing with having cancer treatment, but he's now facing the prospect of being permanently blind in the future."Īccording to a complaint filed this week in Orange County Superior Court, the incident happened on Jduring a game against the Kansas City Royals. "I mean, he really doesn't drive anymore because of his vision. "It impacts everything he does," said Marcereau. Instead, his client, who already had limited vision in his right eye, ended up blind in the left eye and filing a lawsuit against the Angels. Marcereau said friends took the Angels fan to a game to lift his spirits. Then, month or so after that happens, he's diagnosed with brain cancer," Marcereau said. "First, his father passes away, so he's grieving from that.
(KABC) - An Angels fan has filed a lawsuit against the team and one of its former players this week, claiming a ball thrown into the stands during a game he attended last summer left him blind in one eye.ĭavid Mermelstein was going through a tragic time in his life at the time, according to his attorney Rob Marcereau. An Angels fan has filed a lawsuit against the team and one of its former players this week, claiming a ball thrown into the stands during a game he attended last summer left him blind in one eye.ĪNAHEIM, Calif.
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