Lawsuit Claims Bird Attack On Maui Golf Course

A golfer is suing Maui County, Hawaii for a bird attack.

Ray Sakamura claims in his lawsuit that he was attacked by a large bird at the Waiehu Municipal Golf Course. He claims he was golfing when a duck or goose charged him and bit his pant leg. He says he fell as the bird continued to attack and bit his hand. He says he suffered a back fracture.

The Maui News reported the lawsuit alleges the county allowed the bird to live on the property after it attacked other golfers and didn’t provide any warnings to the public.

Deputy Corporation Counsel Moana Lutey says the claim is meritless and there have no reports of anyone else injured by a bird on the golf course.

Latest Comments

• September 24, 2012 at 2:47 pm

  CalDude says:

  Talk about excuses for a bad golf game...loose cleat, sun was in my eyes, vicious attack goosebird chewed my hand off..nice one... BIRDY!
• September 21, 2012 at 10:37 am

  tw says:

  Bird Bird Bird Bird is the word. Don't you know about the Bird? Well everybody knows that the bird is the word!
• September 20, 2012 at 1:20 pm

  Bob says:

  The shame here is that the Carrier for the county will end up spending significant sums to make this joke of a claim go away. Plantiff bar should be held financially liable f... read more