S.F. General Seeks $1.2 Million From Dodgers...

[Upton]

To pay for the "extensive trauma care" given to beaten Giants fan Bryan Stow, San Francisco General Hospital is seeking compensation from the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to reports. The hospital wants a $1.2 million reimbursement from the team, who hosted the March 2011 game where Stow, 43, a paramedic from Santa Cruz, was beaten within an inch of his life.

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The hospital wants the money from former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, who is accused of allowing security and other conditions around Dodger Stadium to deteriorate, therefore allowing the beating to happen, the newspaper reported.

Hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan said on Monday that the hospital bills are only partially paid - the outstanding balance is the $1.2 million mentioned in the suit. It is standard procedure, Kagan said, for the hospital to forward outstanding debts to the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue. The Dodgers’ owners filed bankruptcy, therefore, she said, the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue filed itself as a creditor. This is not an action that the hospital took.

Stow and his family are also suing McCourt to pay for the $50 million in lifetime medical expenses Stow will require. Stow, who attended a Giants World Series game last month, has been left with the "mental capacity of a 12-year old."

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bryan-Stow-SF-General-Seeks-12-Million-From-Dodgers--180869251.html

Well, since the Dodgers are looking at a big influx of funds, and even though this is aimed at McCourt, it would be a great PR move, not to mention the right thing to do, to pay the expenses incurred by the treatment of Stow..

[Auggie]

1. 1.2M = pocket change. Pay it, Dodgers.

BTW, you can add proceeds from ticket sales, luxury suites, parking, team apparel -- even the odious Dodger Dogs -- to that yearly $240 million haul from FOX.