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Old 10-18-2023, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 View Post
Responsibility? Errant golf ball does not fly on its own. Someone, usually, hits it. Ball flies into neighbors yard. Ball strikes neighbor. Neighbor dies. Golfer, a. retrieve ball and return to game, b. calls for help.

According to most of the responders sound like they would choose option 'a' and not bother with the corpse the inadvertently created. No different than breaking a window, I guess. Hmm?
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It does happen that someone dies from getting hit by a golf ball. I would be more worried about the broken glass in the OP's situation.