A Manhattan lawyer is suing the Mets, the beer concession, the union that represents the team's security guards, and one Timothy Cassidy, a 300-pound man who fell on her during a game at Shea stadium in 2007. Cassidy's tumble occurred between the sixth and seventh inning on opening day (as the Mets were losing 5-3 to the Phillies), and the impact broke one of Ellen Massey's vertebrae. The 58-year-old woman needed to have two rods put in her back, and her lawsuit claims security "knew or had reason to know from [Cassidy's] behavior that he was already intoxicated," and it's their fault he became "unruly, uncoordinated and fell." But Cassidy's lawyer says his client didn't fall—he was pushed.

Another Mets fan named Eric Metzger was sitting behind Cassidy and allegedly had been "giving Cassidy the business" for using his BlackBerry during the game, the Post reports. Cassidy's lawyer maintains that Metzger "intentionally and with reckless disregard of the safety of others, pushed [Cassidy, causing] him to fall numerous rows and upon [Massey]." But Massey's lawyer insists the Mets are still at fault, and tells the AP, "We have information that one of the security people might have spoken to [Cassidy] and let him leave." On the plus side, the Mets rallied to win 11-5.