Michigan High Court to Hear Arguments in Golf Cart Lawsuit

September 29, 2017

The Michigan Supreme Court is taking a swing at a golf cart dispute.

The justices want to hear more about a golfer who was accidentally struck by a cart at Farmington Hills Golf Club in 2013.

Ken Bertin and Doug Mann were playing the 17th hole when Mann struck Bertin near the green. Bertin filed a lawsuit over his injuries. The issue for the Supreme Court is a technical one: Is this a case of ordinary negligence or a higher legal standard known as reckless misconduct?

An Oakland County jury said Mann didn’t commit reckless misconduct. But the state appeals court threw out the verdict, saying that threshold was too high.

No date for Supreme Court arguments has been set.

Topics Lawsuits Michigan

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  • September 29, 2017 at 2:28 pm
    Agent says:
    Well, where I am from, you are not supposed to drive a cart near a green or the club will be all over you. Perhaps the guy that was struck wouldn't give a 6 footer to the dri... read more
  • September 29, 2017 at 1:50 pm
    Jack Kanauph says:
    Were Mann and/or Berlin drinking while golfing? (in case my wife is reading this, drinking while golfing is a rarity)

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