Posted on 12/01/2006 7:16:20 AM PST by OldCorps
A man playing golf at a Lemont, Ill., country club claims he received a concussion from a ball hit by a prominent personal-injury lawyer. Edigio "Gino" Berni claims in a lawsuit filed against Chicago attorney Michael Goldberg he was struck in the temple by a ball hit by the lawyer in August, the Chicago Daily Southtown reported Friday. Berni's attorney, Mario Palermo, said his client saw Goldberg hit the ball, which the suit claims bore the name of the attorney's law firm, Goldberg, Weisman and Cairo. "(Goldberg) has a reputation for helping people like Gino," Palermo said. "He hasn't taken responsibility for what he did." However, Goldberg claims the wayward ball was not hit by him. "His attorney probably said, 'Oh Goldberg. They're the largest injury firm in the state; they've got deep pockets,'" he said. "This gives lawyers a bad name when they take cases like this. It's embarrassing to my profession. "I didn't do it. How is he going to prove I did it?" asked Goldberg, who was playing in a foursome. "There's golf balls flying everywhere."
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.....sounds like an episode of "Boston Legal".....
this has been tried before and thrown out of court. There is a reasonable level of expected risk while playing and players take that risk.
Boston legal is fun to watch but it's nothing near reality. I especally laugh at the cases where they get to go to trial "next week" right after something happens and they file a lawsuit. It does not work that way, the attorneys drag everything out until they are fairly sure they have wrung ever cent out of both sides that they can. You don't get to file a lawsuit then go to trial in a few days.
This ball, with my name on it, was not hit by me on the day that I was playing golf two holes behind the injured golfer on that day. He can't prove it was me. There is expected risk anyway. So if it was me, which it was not, then he accepted that he could be struck in the head as common knowledge when he decided to play golf that day.
In fact, the injured golfer should retain my services and we will together sue the golf course for not providing helmets and armour for an obviously dangerous sport.
...my cut will only be 40% of our winnings.
Trying to use consistency on tort law cases is risky. It will also be a factor if they can show he was drinking or playing recklessly.
.....the whole condensed for 1 hour viewing format really is a trick to work around when writing for TV.....
.....story lines that carry over from week to week lose some viewers.....
.....heck, I'm lucky if I retain the plot through the commercial breaks.....lol
I'm sure the lawyer is well insured. It's interesting, though, that the firm's name was on the ball. Does that mean the firm is liable as well?
I'm sure it will be!
"I didn't do it. How is he going to prove I did it?"
Hope he preserved the ball, and did not ruin the fingerprints.
They also, as he noted have to prove it was his ball.
The teacher asked the class what their daddies do. Those who could reported a mixed collection of jobs. Finally, the teacher asked little Susie.
"My daddy plays piano in a brothel!" she reported to general laughter.
After class, her teacher asked, "Susie, your daddy really doesn't do that, does he?"
"No," says Suzie. "He's really a personal injury lawyer, but we're embarassed to tell anyone!"
Reminds me of the ol' commercial: "YOU, ON THE TEE....PUT DOWN THAT DRIVER...."
The lawyer guy says he was part of a foursome. OK then, bring all 4 into the courtroom and see how many perjurors they have. One of those 4 seen that golf ball hit that guy.
Lol, you got him pegged.
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