WHEATON, Ill. — A DuPage County judge has ruled that a jury should consider whether a golfer was negligent when his ball hit a woman who was working in her yard next to the golf course.
Judge John Elsner said Thursday laws in some states say people who purchase homes next to a golf course assume the risk of being hit by a ball, but Illinois doesn’t.
In August 2005, a drive by Naperville businessman Raymond Kinney hit Lillian Demo of West Chicago on the head.
Kinney was participating in St. Andrews Golf & County Club’s annnual DuPage County Republican Day.
Demo sued in 2007, contending Kinney was negligent. She contends she suffers migraine headaches as a result.
St. Andrew is also part of the lawsuit, which seeks more than $50,000 in damages.
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