Hornstein v. State

On July 6, 1962 Norma Hornstein, a paying patron of the pitch and putt golf course located at Jones Beach State Park, a facility under the jurisdiction and control of the defendant, was struck on the left eye by a golf ball and sustained serious injuries, which resulted in the permanent impairment of that eye. Mrs. Hornstein was waiting with her husband to tee off from the 16th tee of the course, which tee runs in a south to north direction. An unidentified 12-year-old boy drove a ball off of the 18th hole’s tee, which tee is contiguous and parallel to the 16th hole, but is played from north…