Jenks v. McGranaghan

This is a motion for a judgment on the law and to set aside a verdict returned by a jury in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant in the sum of $20,000 in an action brought by the plaintiff to recover for personal injuries on the grounds of negligence.

On the 21st day of July, 1966, the plaintiff was struck in the left eye by a golf ball driven by the defendant from the eighth tee of a golf course in the Town of Windsor, Broome County, New York. At the time he was injured, plaintiff was preparing to drive from the ninth tee of the golf course. The ninth tee was within range of a…