Court Opinion

ID: 9571114
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:29:07.961935+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:15.324527
License: Public Domain

Spencer, J.,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. When golf players, waiting on a tee, are signaled to play through by a member of the preceding group and do so, they can reasonably expect that the players in the preceding group are conscious of their approach and will protect themselves from their drives. The players playing through have every right to believe that the signaling member of the previous group has warned all members of his group of their approach.
Orton testified that he twice told the plaintiff he had signaled the following group through. A failure on the part of the injured person to hear or pay attention to warning under such circumstances should not impose liability on the players coming through. On this record I cannot understand the finding of negligence on the part of defendant Jansen.