Errant Golf Ball Damages Expert Minimizes Litigation

By Gregory Green


Golfing is one of the most popular American pastimes, requiring a steady swing, strong arm, concentration, and great aim. Many recreational areas, upscale neighborhoods, and country clubs, go through great lengths to create appealing courses to delight and challenge those who play there. The creation of these rolling greens require the services of an errant golf ball damages expert to help minimize potential lawsuits.

The courses on which the sport is played can cover several acres filled with challenging aspects such as sand pits, water traps, and rolling hills. In many cases, they are situated rather close to farms, parking areas, homes, and businesses. This makes having someone who has an understanding of wind, velocity, and trajectory, on the design team, very important.

These individuals can provide advice on which direction the golfers should swing for a particular hole, how far apart each target should be, as well as the angles at which obstacles need to be placed. Working closely with the engineers and landscape designers, they can create a more efficient course. They will also be capable of advising on other safety protocols.

The reason additional safety protocols are necessary is to help prevent wildly hit balls - or those that get caught on a strong wind - from inflicting injury to an animal or person, or damaging property. These features include tree lines, buffer zones, and high set nets and screens. Although very effective, these measures are not always foolproof.

Denying damage claims from wildly hit balls is difficult because the evidence is usually quite obvious such as dented metal, broken glass, or bodily injuries to human or animals. What the specialists do is testify in court that there is a low chance of such accidents happening. The case almost always goes to the plaintiff, but it is possible to keep claims and demands from getting out of control.

Quite often, victims of such situations will bring a civil suit against the owners of the course, seeking payment for the damage done or injuries suffered - which is only to be expected. In most cases, the defendant will simply make a caveat to pay the plaintiff a fair amount and to take care of all legal fees, thus settling the matter. This concession is made because the action for which they are suing has obviously occurred, even though it was accidental.

For some individuals, however, this concession is not enough and they will petition to have the entire course shut down and put out of business permanently. It is then on the shoulders of the specialist to prove to the court that such situations are rare, and to figure out a way to prevent their recurrence. Their testimony is crucial to keeping the course open, as the courts provide a lot of leeway for victims who have been hurt or suffered loss because of this leisure activity.

Individuals who are specialists in this field are very important to defending the position of those who own courses. They are crucial not only in the creation phase - correcting and avoiding design flaws - but also in civil suit situations. A dedicated professional of this sort will be experienced with both creative landscaping and engineering.




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