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Teen Who Hit Himself With Own Golf Ball Sues Course for $3 Million

15-year-old Alex Good from Hillsboro, Oregon is suing a local golf course for negligence after he hit himself in the eye with his own golf ball while on the driving range last year. The controversy centers around a rain tent, and a metal pole, placed on the practice tee:

From KATU:

According to court documents, Good and his teammates were using the practice range. It was raining and the staff at Pumpkin Ridge put up an awning. When Good teed off his ball hit a metal post that was holding up the awning just inches in front of his driving mat. The ball ricocheted off and hit him in the left eye.

Good’s lawyer is claiming Pumpkin Ridge should have known that metal pole was a danger and is therefore liable.

At the request of KATU News, another lawyer, Geordie Duckler, looked at the case and said Good’s lawyer has an uphill battle and most cases like this are settled out of court.

“As a person goes up to address the ball with their golf club and strike the ball, what are the known dangers around them? If they see a known and obvious danger and yet they go ahead and strike the ball anyway, then they’ve assumed the risk – what a lawyer would call an assumption of risk,” Duckler said. “Even if it’s a 15-year-old, we hold 15-year-olds to certain levels of responsibility.”

But he said his age could come into play.

“If this were the same facts, but the plaintiff was an experienced golfer in a tournament and knew all sorts of things about golf courses, and the risk of balls being hit, (there) probably would be no claim,” he said.

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  • Pugfriend
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:19pm

    His action caused his injuries, no one else. Everyone one who reads the complaint is going to laugh!

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  • Maximus_Delta
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:17pm

    Idiot crybaby

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  • Maximus_Delta
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:17pm

    idiot cry baby

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  • srcamachonj
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:13pm

    I‘m sure this won’t be the last time he takes a ball to the face.

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    • raybojabo
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:16am

      Hey, SRCAMACHONJ, I’m suing. I ruined my keyboard and spilled hot coffee in my lap. $3,000,000.00 please. Zero for the keyboard and $300,000.00 per inch for personal injury.

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  • Capt_Spalding
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:09pm

    Just like the freak that fell into the mall fountain…. NOW MORE THAN EVER we need “Loser Pays”! Enough of these frivolous lawsuits…. and Loser Pays would bring an end to this kind of nonsense real quick.

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  • reckless
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:00pm

    Did his mom by any chance accidentally walk into a mall fountain?

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:09pm

      Yup.
      And his gramma spilled hot coffee on herself a few years ago.
      Nice family :P

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    • Kraus79
      Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:41am

      The lawsuit where the woman spilled hot coffee on herself was not a frivolous lawsuit. This coffee was so hot that it caused her third degree burns to her body and required surgery to repair. Normal coffee should not be able to melt skin and the courts decided that McDonald‘s was responsible for the temperature of their coffee and this woman’s injuries. The coffee cups did have appropriate warnings on them but the fact is that the coffee was too hot, hotter than necessary, to consume without causing injury.

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  • davuf
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:58pm

    I’ll agree that the golf course was stupid and opened itself up to a law suit but 3 million? Unless that kid wanted to be a fighter pilot there is no way his eye is worth that. He can still work just fine with one eye.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:48pm

      Davuf – As one who has lost vision in one eye, I can attest to the fact that he will not work just fine with one eye. You have no depth perception; driving is difficult (if not impossible); You don’t know where the floor is (wavy); it’s difficult, if not impossible, to read; you don’t know where the edge to steps on a stairway are; you don’t know where the table, countertop or desk really is; you loose your balance; you can’t focus on faces that are close to you & your distance vision is blurry. There’s more I could say,but this should be enough. God bless you & your family.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:41am

      @ Don’tbotherme….A few years back, I had to drive home from the Doctor’s office with a patch on one eye…………..It was very difficult.

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    • AMERICAN BEAR
      Posted on January 24, 2011 at 3:58pm

      O.K. DONTBOTHERME, Life is difficult with vision loss. Life is difficult any way you…look at it!…excuse the pun.
      I have had one good eye since the age of 5. I drove trucks for 25 years, no accidents, no tickets. I write now. It has not stopped me, or slowed me down. This 15 yr. old and his parents ought to be ashamed of themselves for trying to profit by stupidity. It is all here and said: should the trees be removed, sports can have dangers etc.
      This kid didn’t take his time and check his shot….a very important part of golf. I don’t wish on anybody such an injury, But I don’t believe anybody should profit through such an injury.
      How about this: This young man should be barred from all courses for life because he attempted to sue for his own foolishness, and include the parents for teaching him to hold others accountable for his own actions!

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  • NickDeringer
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:55pm

    Perhaps we need warning labels on golf balls now.

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:55pm

    As one who has lost the vision in my right eye (due to stroke, not golf ball) he’s got a long, difficult road ahead of him. He’s had several surgeries already. I don’t play golf, but I think he should have been aware of hazards.

    That being said, I am praying that he is able to adjust to his disability. It isn’t easy to do ANYTHING with screwed up vision.

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  • Helldogger
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:54pm

    Oregon: One of the iron curtain states.

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  • Endstatism
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:53pm

    This lawsuit underlines the crying need for tort reform. You can see the changes everywhere as the result of trial lawyers. How long has its been since you have seen a merry go round, teeter totter or monkey bars on a playground? How long it has been since you have seen a diving board at a hotel or public pool? And where has personal responsibility for ones own actions gone. People have known for years that smoking was harmful to health, instead the courts allowed lawsuits and judgements to proceed against tobacco companies even though at no time it was proven that they forced people to start smoking against their will. Look at all the efforts to sue gun manufacturers by cities because they would not or could not get the upper hand on criminals and they decided to blame a inanimate object that was misused or stolen. Wonder why health care costs keep spiralling? Lawsuits with overinflated judgements and settlements. Small business costs rise because of the increasing costs of liability insurance or addressing frivolous lawsuits. The civil trial lawyers have become a tapeworm, a parasite on the economic activity of America. Its time to limit and cap non economic damages and start sanctioning those who file frlvolous lawsuits.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:38pm

      Well said

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    • pzzdnga
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:52pm

      I agree wholeheartedly! I also believe that “Fee Contingent” cases should be stopped or restricted to the loser of the case paying ALL opposing/accused attorney and court costs equally, by the attorney bringing suit and the client claiming injury. If this idiot kid and his parents had to pay half the cost of going to court and risk something, this would be a non-suit…

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    • azmomof6
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 4:47am

      Valid comments. Another thought…. lets have judges with common sense who would throw out these rediculous claims and fine the morons for waisting the courts time! It’s a shame that a few greedy idiots can ruin it for everyone. If I were the golf ball kid, I would be too humiliated to even tell anyone how I hurt myself. He ought to be ashamed of himself for trying to steal from this golf business. It could shut them down or at least make it so no other teens can play anymore. And why $3 million?Was his hospital bill that much? Did he not have any insurance? What a selfish pig!

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    • cykonas
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 6:39am

      Good points, and observations. Two “minor” problems. First, the ABA (and others) are a large and well funded lobby. Second, the majority of the establishment in both Parties are lawyers by education. Other than lip service around election time, or when it otherwise suits them none of them are serious about tort reform. These people believe the way to fix anything is more law, not less. I wish you good luck with your suggestion, but I warn you the road to success is long and hard.

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  • *PATRIOT*GAMES*
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:50pm

    Stupid should be painful, not profitable.

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  • TJexcite
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:47pm

    Alex Good should have known that metal pole was a danger and is therefore not teaed off in that direction. .

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 11:49am

      What if it was a tree that he hit? A tree or a pole…it is the same thing. Golfing, like any other sport has the potential for injury.

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  • Sparky03
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:42pm

    You’ll shoot your eye out!!!

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  • S_Malc13
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:40pm

    I think I’ll go slip & fall in a store somewhere.

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  • radioguru
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:39pm

    You can’t have enough rules and regulations for stupidity… so suck it up dude and accept your mistake. If you want to hit a golf ball in front of a pole or by a pole… your not really thinking are you?

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  • NJartificer
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:39pm

    Did he ever watch AFV. Is this that fountain girls little brother????????
    Go soak your head in a bucket of warm epsiom salt………for about an hour ********

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  • marklross
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:38pm

    We hold fifteen year olds to a level of responsibility? Not anymore! In the age of Øbamacare 26 is the new age of responsibility….Life only gets worse as the world gets more liberal…

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:35am

      There was a time (Not so long ago) people got married at that age, had jobs & fought wars.

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    • really.truly
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:51am

      a 26 year old on their parents‘ insurance plan may be the most ridiculous thing i’ve heard in a while. especially seeing that i am a mother of two, with an awesome husband, a mortgage, a dog, two cars that are paid off. i‘m 25 so i still qualify to be part of my mom and dad’s insurance plan…? come on young people, take a little initiative and realize that if you’re 26 and still fully dependent on your parents, you probably have bigger issues than health insurance.

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  • simple thought
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:37pm

    Wheres my posts blaze??????????????

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  • kilo62a
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:36pm

    Only in America is stupidity profitable.

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    • smokie
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:40pm

      I appreciate the picture of him prone in the hospital bed, as if his whole life were draining from him.
      Right after the ‘miserable me’ pic was taken, he was up and playing video games.

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  • simple thought
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:36pm

    gives a whole new meaning to ,,,, DRIVEING IN THE RAIN

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  • simple thought
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:34pm

    gives a whole new meaning to , Driving in the rain

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  • BoiseBaked
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:33pm

    It’s called Obamacare.

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  • DJ_Di
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:32pm

    $3 Million? He better be blind.

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:37pm

      Well, he obviously didn’t see that metal pole…

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    • mharry860
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:45pm

      Komponist, I’ve got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard.

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    • kindling
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:06pm

      “He better be blind” ….I think he was before he hit that ball. I didn’t know you could sue for being a clutz.

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    • smokie
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:37pm

      I can’t imagine what a bad golfer he is to blip it so bad that he hit a pole just inches in front of him.
      What is the range to do? Ban all bad golfers? If so, 0bama would be out of luck.

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    • GEW
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:38am

      You guys make me laugh till I am just plain silly. LOL tks.

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    • azmomof6
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 5:13am

      Okay, that made me laugh!

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  • GONESURFING
    Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:32pm

    Frivolous lawsuit.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:57pm

      The reporter is funny .
      Follow him:

      when Alex teed of .. ( reporter takes stance ) …..like this.. ( reporter acts like he is teeing) …….his ball ( reporter puts hand in pant pocket, takes out a ball) …hit his metal pole , like this
      hahahahaa

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    • HappyStretchedThin
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:58pm

      Welcome to America, land of the used to be free, home of the used to be brave. Where the lawyers (on both sides) are happy, and where the business world cowers in fear of insurance liabilities.

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 8:58pm

      We should hook him with the lady @ the Mall pond :)

      Robert-CA  
    • rwsasinger
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:03pm

      Frivolous lawsuit indeed!!! So, are golf courses now supposed to remove all obstacles from the field of play so dumb asses like this kid don’t hurt themselves? …”oh mommy, I got some sand in my eye from the sand trap, call the lawyer !!!!”; “the big bad tree threw the ball back at me and hit me !!!!” This kid needs to grow some stones and man-up on this one and have his hoo-hoo removed.

      Like one of the factual denominators for the high cost of health care, frivolous lawsuits; is this frivolous lawsuit going to increase the cost of the great game of golf? I’ll bet you lunch that the parents of this brain child are liberals who blame everything and everyone else for matters where taking personal responsibility is required.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:07pm

      The only good lawyer is one lying in a coffin in my opinion. My granddaughter wants to go to law school. I told her good luck, no help and no money from grampa…Too many sharks aready…

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    • historyguy48
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:23pm

      Just using the system for his own enrichment.

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    • Crewbot
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:25pm

      He’s not suing. His Democrat parents and a scumbag lawyer is!

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:39pm

      Major tort reform….soon!

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 9:48pm

      Alex, I’d like you to meet Cathy.
      Cathy, I’d like you to meet Alex.
      Alex hit himself with a golf ball,
      Cathy fell into a fountain while texting.
      I think you’re perfect for each other.
      You both are suing and the laughing stock of America.
      That alone should be worth something.
      Many happy returns.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:06pm

      This is one time I would actually fill out the jury duty form, I’d give him 1 dollar!

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    • Xcori8r
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:20pm

      We need to register all golf clubs, restrict the capacity of golf bags and ban assault woods (nobody needs clubs that big). And we need to tone down the violent rhetoric by refraining from using words like “club”. blade”, “cut throat”, “shot gun start”, “golf shot”, or “shoot golf” to name a few.,

      And remember, “A golf course is a pointless exploitation of a perfectly good rifle range.”
      (anon)

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    • 8jrts
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:27pm

      Frivolous lawsuit..absolutely!! How dumb to even swing at a ball from under an EZ-up if you are not good enough to send the ball in the right direction! He would sue if he got hit by lightning thru the metal of the EZ-up that he probably requested to keep them comfy from the storm. Better yet, sue if the place let them get wet by not putting up the EZ-up in the first place…no win situation for the golf course, no matter, take them for what they are worth anyway. This mentality is why our country is where it is.
      Kids do dumb things and unfortunately this kid got really hurt. But sue the place?? what if he did it from his friends back porch…would he still sue?? I wonder.

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    • ihveit
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:30pm

      the next thing you know ALL TREES will have to be removed from golf courses.. ohh and all carts too.. then completely flat courses so some arsehole dont slip down and hurt himself
      will

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    • par4thecourse
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 10:51pm

      Let me start by saying I believe 90% of lawyers are parasites and that tort reform couldn’t come soon enough. Let me also state that I golf and have in fact given myself stitches above my left eye and no the thought of suing never entered my mind. I was a grown man that recognized the hazardous condition and went for the green anyway. I’ve done it a thousand times and God willing will do it another thousand. It’s amazing how fast a ball comes off a 5 iron and a rock 2 feet away. haha.
      Now I‘ve been reading this site for some time now and am usually in agreement with much of what’s said but the people replying here have (A) never played a team sport in high school or have forgotten what it was like and (B) never played golf. Coach tells a 15 year old to hit the ball the 15 year old hits the ball, period, and any golfer knows that the people that line up just off a pro‘s line are nuts because anyone can hit an errant shot and there’s no time to react. The parents that have a kid along that line should be charged with endangerment or at least stupidity.
      If you go to a range you will never see a corner or an unpadded anything in front of the tee boxes. This was a temporary cover with solid posts “just inches” off the driving matt. That was the stupidity here. That was management figuring why pay for padding? What are the odds?
      The kid did what any 15 year old would do, he practiced with his teammates and then hit a bad shot. Management did what few others would do, put posts right off the tee boxes and if they had any business running a driving range the thought of the hazardous condition they were creating had to have been known to them.
      3 million dollars? I don’t know. I love golf and you really need the depth perception of 2 eyes. I wouldn’t sell an eye for 3 million. I hope his eye comes back 100%. Those that don‘t and think it’s as funny as a grown woman walking into a fountain are either not much more than 15 themselves or are just plain loser a$$ wholes that don’t have a clue about what they post.

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    • 8jrts
      Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:19pm

      @par4thecourse

      Kudos! Common sense rules!! Hope you get 20/20

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 12:20am

      Q. What are 300 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean/

      A. A good start.

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    • 76 (I'm offended that you're offended)
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:09am

      We need a “no frivolous lawsuit amendment” to the Constitution.

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:35am

      So … after this teenager gets hurt and sues.. how much you want to bet that teenagers without a parent will no longer be allowed ?… and they can thank this “crybaby” for that.

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    • Contrarian51
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 1:36am

      I’m with par4thecourse on this one. Those of you talking about trees as comparable hazards are way off base. A tree is a natural hazard. An awning pole is man-made and has no business being placed in front of the tee box. And this case is not at all similar to the texting mermaid.

      Now, this thing could get even more complicated if someone decides the golf coach should have had the experience and wisdom to recognize the hazard before letting the kids tee off, so don’t rule out the possibility of an additional defendant.

      Sounds like the kid has played a fair amount of golf so there will probably be some comparative negligence assessed against him for contributing to his own injury, but this case isn’t frivolous.

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    • Curator_JDR
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 2:50am

      This is like that woman who fell into the pond when she was texting. She is suing too.

      The insanity of Progressive behavior is exposed for laughs and dead on satire in this animated web movie

      http://www.marcrubin.com/hairmerica.ivnu

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:15am

      @Contrarian51
      THEN HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE HAZARD AND MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION!
      IMAGINE THAN! Was this kid blind when he started???? SHOULD he have seen the hazard? Are you saying that 15 isn’t old enogh to know that there is a car coming at me, maybe i shouldn’t cross the road? Well I say EFF YOU and all who say this stupid Darwinism Award winner has a case. The course set up an awning for the comfort of their customers and this stupid kid bounced an unfourtunate ball off it and it hit him. Suck it up, walk it off. At BEST this is an “act of God” and the course has ZERO libal. I cannot WAIT tilthis kid gets his payday. When he does, i am gonna go walk in frontof a city bus, spill coffee into my crotch, ANYTHING that will convibnce a jury to pay me my guarenteed millions to MY dumb ass.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:28am

      If he fell off his bike can get 3 mil out of huffy. They made a bike that tips? Hey …I hit my thumb with a hammer the other day, I’m going to call SEARS

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:46am

      PAR4THECOURSE you make some very good points, and it is certainly not funny at all, the the woman falling into the fountain was very funny. Thank you

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    • GONESURFING
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:54am

      I do like to play golf and this was a very strange set up, but on the course there are any number of things your ball can hit, and you can hurt yourself or someone else. It was a very unfortunate accident and I pray he has a full recovery.

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    • azmomof6
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 5:11am

      Since he hit himself with the golf ball, shouldn’t he sue himself for the injury that he inflicted upon himself?

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    • G.W. Dobbs
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 6:42am

      ANOTHER hungry, money grubbing “attorney” wants 1/3 which is ONE MILLION DOLLARS (plus as they add in expenses, too). No wonder there is NO JUSTICE in America. Every one, including the Paid Off Judges, is greedy.

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    • dillonjc2
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 6:44am

      WOW, this is soooooo stupid. When I was 15 I knew the dangers of what I was doing. If or rather when I got hurt doing something, I never even thought of sueing someone else for my mistakes. Of course my parents raised me right, to know the difference in right and wrong.

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    • kwatch
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 8:38am

      I have a more unbelievable one- one of my employees is a girl scout and one of her co-scouts got sunburned on a rafting trip and sued the girl scouts of America. It wasn’t the child, it was the parents. They lost. The kid is 15, I am sure it is the parents who are out for a buck. Talk about idiots.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 9:12am

      It may be a frivolous lawsuit, but the point is this kid, like thousands of other “litigants”, will be paid, whether it be out of court or not, for being, or doing something, STUPID and blaming it on somebody else!!! This should be know as “the land of litigation” with all the idiotic lawsuits that are filed every year! And let’s not forget about the incompetent judges that actually sit and rule over these “frivolous” lawsuits without thinking twice about whether they are frivolous or not!!! Unbelievable!!!

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    • taskmaster78
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:33am

      What an idiot, I don’t think I would have exposed my stupidity to the nation. Oh well he’s both going to suffer this public humiliation and his loss of the law suite.

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    • Dustoff
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:56am

      NUTS…. and people wonder why everything keeps costing more. Just like your healthcare folks.
      Just ask Edwards.

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    • obamanation
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 3:21pm

      I think it’s fair. I always get about $3 million every time I hurt myself. I’m now worth well over $100 million.

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    • COEXISTwiththeUNBORN
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 6:48pm

      What do expect. It’s Oregon

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    • Contrarian51
      Posted on January 23, 2011 at 10:24pm

      Those of you who keep comparing this to Aqua Text Mermaid have probably never had to investigate or defend a tort claim. I‘ve been doing it for over 30 years and am told I’m quite good at it. I like to think I’ve seen enough to know a frivolous lawsuit from one that simply has some holes in it.

      I pointed out that the kid will be assessed some of the fault/negligence. The issue is that putting the awning up with a support pole a few inches in front of the tee mat was not smart and will probably be found to be at least part of the cause of this accident. Whether the kid’s own negligence is assessed at 10%, 50%, 90% or 100% will be for the jury to decide, based on the evidence and testimony (presuming the case doesn’t settle before trial). Whatever the kid’s own percentage of negligence is, it will reduce his award. Maybe he’s 95% to blame. He’s still entitled to recover 5% of the value of his damages from the other party or parties. If he’s 50% at fault, he’s entitled to recover half. That’s the way it works. We’re nation of laws, right? Well, that’s the law.

      Also you need to remember that the $3 million figure is simply the opening demand and at this stage of things is pretty much a completely fictional number. The medical bills and final prognosis aren’t even known yet.

      “The awning was for the convenience of the customers” thing is a nice try but how about “the awning was an attempt to keep the customers paying for buckets of balls instead of going home because it was raining?” Has a different kind of ring to it, doesn’t it? Also, rather than me going on about it, just enter the words “business invitee” into your favorite search engine. Really, do it.

      By the way, when it’s your kid losing an eye because some idiot driving range operator stuck a metal pole in front of the tee mats, let us know if you still think this is so frivolous.

      My Sacred Honor, the “EFF YOU” was unnecessary and childish and your Act of God reference is spectacularly off base. If it helps, I regard the McDonald’s Coffee Crotch case as having been frivolous. Walking in front of a bus is probably a loser as well, though you need to confirm the bus wasn‘t doing 55 in a 30 MPH zone and the driver wasn’t high/drunk/texting etc.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on January 24, 2011 at 10:38am

      This nation needs a constitutional amendment making it illegal to pay someone for legal advise. This would solve 99.9% of the problems in this nation.

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    • Opinionmonger
      Posted on January 24, 2011 at 11:56am

      Sue the minur that dug up the ore with which that awningpole was made.
      Thar will teach them to be more polite to the ground they dug it out of.

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    • stifroc
      Posted on January 24, 2011 at 12:43pm

      If you hurt yourself it’s not because your a dumb@ss… it’s somebody elses fault and you can get millions for it.

      only in America is crap like this even considered or attempted.

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