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MANCHESTER — One New Jersey woman seems content to play hard ball with the young baseball player whose throw struck her at a Little League game, according to a report on Good Morning America.

Elizabeth Lloyd, of Manchester, is reportedly seeking $500,000 in damages after she was hit by a ball thrown by Matthew Migliaccio, now 13, in May 2010.

“It wasn’t a hard throw, it was just a lob back to the pitcher and I guess it went about 10 feet over his head,” Migliaccio told GMA of the incident.

Lloyd was struck in the face by the ball.

Migliaccio told GMA he went over to her immediately.

“I went over to see if she was okay, and she said that she was fine and not to worry about it,” Migliaccio said.

Lloyd was reportedly hospitalized and underwent two surgeries to reconstruct her eye socket.

“About like three weeks after, she came and gave me a hug and she told me that it wasn’t my fault,” Migliaccio told GMA.

Lloyd has since filed suit against the boy, alleging in court documents obtained by ABC News, he assaulted and battered her, calling the throw "intentional/reckless."

“I think it’s pretty mean to sue someone after you told them that you knew it wasn’t their fault,” Migliaccio told GMA of the lawsuit.

The boy’s attorney, Anthony Pagano, said the lawsuit has no merit and that his client will not settle with the woman.

“What are we gonna do, take his bike? He's 11,” Pagano said.

Llloyd declined to speak to GMA, but in a statement her attorney said, "The consequences of that action are not as they have been portrayed. Her life has changed, she has a catastrophic injury which has been vastly understated."

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