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Brandon Patch, 18, died when a baseball hit by an aluminum bat walloped him in the head in 2003. Patch was the pitcher and died within the duration of hours after going through the head injury. Patch’s family sued the bat maker.

The Patch family believed the bat maker failed to warn that its aluminum product caused the ball to travel at a faster speed as opposed to the traditional wooden bat.

Debbie Patch was awarded $850,000 when the judge ordered Hillerich and Bradsby to pay the compensation to the Patch family. Ms Patch declared she had never expected to be awarded finances from the lawsuit as her assignment was to force the maker to warn people about the potential dangers of the aluminum bat.