KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A jury says neither the Kansas City Royals nor a man who was hurt when he was struck in the eye by a foil-wrapped hot dog were at fault in the accident.

Jackson County jurors said nobody Wednesday was to blame for the incident at a September 2009 Royals game.

Overland Park, Kansas, resident John Coomer sued the team, saying Royals mascot Sluggerrr recklessly threw a hot dog behind his back and struck Coomer in the eye.

A jury in 2011 found Coomer 100 percent at fault because he should have been paying better attention. A Missouri appeals court disagreed in 2013, saying mascots aren’t necessary to play the game of baseball.

The Missouri Supreme Court concurred and sent the case back to Jackson County for another trial.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jurors are hearing testimony in a lawsuit against the Kansas City Royals by a Kansas man who was struck in the eye by a foil-wrapped hotdog flung by the team’s mascot.

John Coomer of Overland Park, Kansas, says he suffered a detached retina at a September 2009 Royals game when Sluggerrr chucked a hotdog behind his back and struck him in the eye.

The team claimed the so-called “baseball rule” was in effect and that Coomer should have been aware of what was going on around him.

Coomer sued, but a Jackson County jury sided with the team in 2011, saying Coomer was at fault for his injuries. An appeals court overturned the decision in 2013, and last year the Missouri Supreme Court sent the case back to Jackson County.