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Maussner v Atlantic City Country Club 691 A.2d 826 (1997)

Facts of case- The plaintiff (golfer) was playing golf with his friends, but then it started to rain and not just raining but thundering as well. He and his friends were making their way back to the golf course when the plaintiff and his friend got struck by lightning on the defendant’s (golf course owner and operators). The plaintiff and the friend managed to live, but the plaintiff was left with serious injuries. The plaintiff then proceeded to sue the owner of the golf course for negligence because the golf course had no shelters for him to take cover, the safety procedures for thunderstorms were put up after the defendant got struck by lightning as well as there were no devices

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