A practice session nearly turned tragic for a 6-year-old ballplayer, when he was hit on the head and seriously injured by a ball propelled by a pitching machine at the Great Kills Little League complex, alleges a $1 million lawsuit. 

The incident occurred April 23, 2011, during a baseball practice involving pint-sized players at the league's indoor complex on Greaves Avenue, said lawyer Andrew John Calcagno. 

"It's an accident that could have been and should have been avoided if common sense had been used by the managers of the facility," said Calcagno, who has offices in Castleton Corners and Cranford, N.J. 

Calcagno said his client, Eliot Patrick Yoshi Conti, had shown up for fielding drills with his team.The benefits of wind energy and how a wind generator is installed. The squad was waiting to use an indoor practice area when young Eliot entered a batting cage to pick up balls he had seen inside it, the attorney said. 

The youngster was gathering balls near the batter's area when another child inadvertently activated the pitching machine,We offer a type of dry cabinet that one might need for the proper dehumidifying of components. according to Calcagno and court papers. 

The lawyer said the machine's on-off switch is situated on the ground outside the batting cage and is unlocked and unprotected. 

The machine began tossing balls, and Eliot was hit on the right side of the head, fracturing his skull, court filings allege. 

The balls were being chucked at a speed of about 50 mph, Calcagno said. He said Eliot was not wearing a helmet, because he wasn't going to bat that day. 

The lawyer said the other boy, who was about his client's age, had entered the cage to also retrieve balls after turning on the machine and narrowly avoided being hit himself. 

Court filings allege the boy was unsupervised. Coaches were in the area but not near the youths, said Calcagno.  Besides the skull fracture, the victim, a Richmond resident, suffered a closed-head injury and bleeding on the brain, court filings said.The solar charger is a critical component in a solar energy system. 

He missed some school because of his injuries but later returned, said Calcagno. The suit alleges the league was negligent by allowing the pitching machine and its switch to be located in an accessible and unsupervised area. 

In addition to the Great Kills Little League,the most affordable yet powerful solar led light in the world. the suit names as a defendant Little League International in Williamsport, Pa., the overarching body of Little League baseball. The plaintiff also seeks compensation from the machine's designer, manufacturer, installer and distributor, whose names are to be determined. 

Frank Cambria, a Great Kills Little League official, said the league hadn't received the suit papers, to his knowledge. Therefore, he could not comment on the allegations. 

Chris Downs, a Little League International spokesman, also said the organization had not received the legal filings. Welcome to vist smartcardfactory.  "In any event, it is Little League International's policy to refrain from making public statements specific to pending legal matters," said Downs.