Johnson v. City of Detroit

On May 12, 1972, while waiting on the fairway to hit his second shot on the eighth hole of Detroit’s Rouge Park Golf Course, plaintiff-appellant, Roland R. Johnson, was struck in the eye by a golf ball, hit and hooked to the left by Robert H. Scheuer, from the tee area for the seventh hole.

Plaintiffs seek damages against defendant City of Detroit for personal injuries, including loss of vision in one eye, claiming defendant city maintained and operated an unsafe and dangerous golf course. Plaintiffs’ opening statement says that while the initial design of the golf course was satisfactory when…