Legal Opinion
Rinaldo v. McGovern
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 1991PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*731OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
The issue in this appeal is whether a golfer who accidentally misses the fairway and instead sends the ball soaring off the golf course onto an adjacent roadway can be held liable in negligence for the resulting injury. Under the circumstances of this case, we hold that the defendant golfer incurred no tort liability for what amounted to nothing more than his poorly hit tee shot.
The present action arises out of an accident in which a golf ball driven by one of the two individual defendants soared off the golf course on which they were playing, traveled through…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nussbaum v. LacopoNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- Jenks v. McGranaghanNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Johnston v. BlanchardNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Rinaldo v. McGovernAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
3Cited by20 opinions
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- Delaney v. MGI Land Development, LLCAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
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