Duffy v. Midlothian Country Club

PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants-appellants Midlothian Country Club (Midlothian) and the Western Golf Association (WGA) (defendants) appeal from a jury-verdict awarding plaintiff-appellee Alice Duffy (plaintiff) $448,380 in a personal injury action. On appeal, defendants maintain (1) that the trial court improperly prevented defendants from asserting an assumption of risk defense, (2) that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing plaintiff’s witness to testify as an expert, and (3) that the cumulative effect of various rulings and the improper…