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San Geronimo Golf Course

San Anselmo, CA: (Jun-04-07) Penina Meisels, a jewelry designer and widely published photographer, filed a personal injury lawsuit against the San Geronimo Golf Course over a 2003 golf cart crash that left her debilitated and unable to work. The crash occurred on Aug. 22, 2003, when Meisels, playing a round with friends, was driving a 4-foot-wide golf cart on a paved path near the 12th tee. As Meisels edged her cart slightly to the left to avoid crashing head on with an approaching cart, one of her wheels hit a 1-foot dropoff that was obscured by leaves. The cart tilted, ejecting Meisels and sending her down a 15-foot ravine that was hidden by bushes. Meisels said she landed on her back on a boulder, with her shoulder blade jutting from her underarm. Meisels has had surgery to repair the injury, but the lingering pain forced her to give up photography and curtailed a secondary career making clay jewelry, which allows her to work for no more than five hours per week.

In a settlement reached, the San Geronimo Golf Course awarded her an aggregate of $4.3 million as compensation, including $2.5 million for pain and suffering, $1.6 million for lost earnings and $200,000 for medical expenses after a three-week jury trial. At the time of the incident, the course was managed by Evergreen Alliance Golf Limited of Dallas; it has been run by American Golf Corp. of Santa Monica since 2005. [MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL: GOLF CART CRASH]


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Published on Jun-5-07


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