$14.5M for boy's brain injury from metal bat
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE 2008: Steven Domalewski, center, sits with his parents Joseph and Nancy Domalewski during an interview at their home in Wayne, N.J. (AP)
Louisville Slugger and Little League Baseball will pay a New Jersey boy $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit after he was left brain damaged.
Steven Domalewski was struck in the chest by a line drive that stopped his heart while he was playing in a youth baseball game in 2006.
Domalewski is now 18 and lives in Wayne.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Arlene Domalewski, the teen’s sister, told NorthJersey.com that her brother does not attend school and still receives therapy. She reportedly said he can speak in short bursts, but uses a wheelchair and cannot communicate freely.
"He knows what's going on," she told the paper. She said he watches baseball and just recently went to a Yankees game.
He was pitching in a Police Athletic League game when the batter rocketed a line drive off a metal bat. The ball slammed into his chest, just above his heart, sending him into cardiac arrest. Domalewski's brain went without oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The family's lawyer says the money will ensure Domalewski is taken care of for life.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report