Golfer hit in head by ball gets €275k

A golfer who suffered a stroke after having been hit on the head by a golf ball, has been awarded just under €275,000 damages in the High Court.

Mr Justice Michael Peart made the award against Mary Brennan’s fellow Old Conna Golf Club member, Patrick Trundle, in a reserved judgment in which he criticised attempts by the defendant’s insurers to establish that Ms Brennan had exaggerated her complaints.

“I have taken a strong view against that proposition and it is only fair to say that there was no question about her trying to exaggerate her symptoms,” the judge said.