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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken
You are presenting opinions as facts. Here are some facts presented as facts.
Under Florida Statute, it is only trespassing if the property is fenced or posted, or the person entering the property is verbally told to leave by the owner or the owners authorized agent and refuses to do so. As to responsibility for damages, the golfer is legally responsible only if there were reckless or intentional misconduct. As for negligence, the courts have almost always ruled for the golfer under the doctrine of "assumption of risk."
I do agree with your last sentence.
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number one there are alot of posted property's and the golf don't care and i have seen it first hand. FACT
2nd the golf course is clearly marked on where the boundary's are and Golfers ignore the boundary and signs and come onto peoples property without so much as asking and feel that they are entitled to since they play the course; FACT
FACT There in no laws allowing people to trespass and if you come on to peoples property knowingly where the boundary's are clearly Marked you are trespassing, we can argue this all day long, it is the disrespect of a golfers when he trespasses onto someones property to retrieve a 2 dollar ball, if you can't give up your ball due to 2 dollars than get out of the golf game.
3Rd where in gods name do you see case law that the Golfer isn't responsible if he isn't reckless, for property damage.
I would love to argue this point in front of the Judge with you:
FACT You are responsible for damage from you golf ball and people know this, this is why people run away and do not fess up.
This is a gentleman sport and more times then not people don't fess up.
People are way to confused on the Law.
Example; if you are in range of getting hit by a ball being adjacent to a course it is a accident and not malicious, however it doesn't exempt the person from being sued for damages and winning.
the real issue is here we are all adults and when you put a golf club in peoples hands they act as children, if all Golfers where honorable we even wouldn't be have multiply discussions over this