Shaw v. Thomas

Eberharot, Judge.

The only Georgia case presenting the question of the intraplayer liability of golfers is Rose v. Morris, 97 Ga. App. 764 (104 SE2d 485). The factual situation presented by plaintiff’s petition here is quite similar to the allegations in Bose. In both cases the plaintiff and defendant were playing in different and inversely parallel fairways. Also in both appear allegations that the ball after being struck deviated substantially from what would have been a normal shot; the variance in Bose being 17 degrees and here “at least 45 degrees.” However, there are differences in the…