N.J. Man Awarded $725K After Golf Ball Hits Him

A New Jersey man has sunk quite a prize.

Thomas Guhl of Monmouth County has been awarded a $725,000 settlement after a golf ball struck a window on his car while driving two years ago. Guhl suffered a cut cornea when glass hit him in the face.

Guhl claimed in his lawsuit that the ball reportedly landed on a home's lawn from the Eagle Oaks Golf and Country Club and was projected onto his car by a lawn mower being used by a local landscaper.

He claimed that the golf facility did not have proper netting to prevent balls from leaving the course, and that the landscaping crew working on a nearby home's lawn should have made sure the lawn was free of any hazards before mowing.

Defendants in the lawsuit offered no admission of liability as it relates to terms of the settlement.