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"This case reminds us again of the utility of communication to prevent injury, even in the pastoral setting of a golf course and in the context of a game in which etiquette is as integral as skill."

"This case reminds us again of the utility of communication to prevent injury, even in the pastoral setting of a golf course and in the context of a game in which etiquette is as integral as skill." So begins an opinion that a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday.

As the opinion explains, "On June 15, 2007, Zeidman, Larry Rashkow and Fisher were competing in a charity golf outing at Springfield Country Club when a duck hook hit by Fisher, acknowledged to drive the ball upwards of 300 yards, struck Zeidman in the face causing serious and permanent injuries."

Update: Staying on the golf theme, today's lone opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit involves a dispute over golf ball patents.

Full post as published by How Appealing on August 14, 2009 (boomark / email).