A New Jersey youth baseball umpire who was attacked by a coach during a game in Branchburg, N.J. last month has filed a lawsuit against the man who punched him, according to Matthew Stanmyre of NJ Advance Media.
James Neely, the 72-year-old umpire, filed the suit against Jerry Otero, the coach of a Staten Island-based travel team, seeking damages for injuries sustained in the incident. Neely sustained a concussion and his jaw was fractured in two places, resulting in his jaw being wired shut during an original surgery.
The lawsuit also names Otero’s travel team, team president Frank Cambria, the U.S. Amateur Baseball League and 10 John Does or parents from the Staten Island team who “verbally encouraged and/or fostered the assault” as defendants, according to NJ Advance Media.
