November 8th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Talk about an embarrassing day at the golf course! A South Korean golfer, identified only as Jung by the Country’s Supreme Court, was fined 2 million Won ($1,400) for a golfing incident that took place at a golf club in Gunsan Province two years ago.
So how did Jung the golfer end up in court? Well, according to reports Jung wound up for a huge swing at the third hold, but when his left foot slipped, the ball rocketed off in the wrong direction and hit his caddy in the stomach. Oddly enough his caddy was standing 8 meters behind him!
The caddy was injured badly enough that he needed seven weeks of hospital treatment!
The Supreme Court recognized lower courts’ ruling that Jung had violated the duty of due care to prevent injury to others while playing a sport.
“In events such as boxing or judo, injury to the opponent is to be expected so there is that mitigating circumstance,” the court said.
“But in golf, it is unreasonable to expect a caddy should anticipate injury to him or herself.”
August 21st, 2008 at 4:46 pm
More stories for the dumb people file!
In May, Jorge Espinal, 44, was taken to a Fort Worth, Texas, hospital after an early morning accident. He’d been drinking and when he suddenly became itchy in a hard to reach spot on his back he quite smartly decided to scratch the itch with a loaded handgun. I’m sure you’ve already figured out the outcome of this stupid act – yes he shot himself in the back!
Don’t read this one if you’re easily grossed out:
A juvenile and two young men were recently charged in Houston Texas with corpse abuse.
They had allegedly gone to a graveyard in Humble, Texas and dug up a grave. They removed the corpses head and took it away to use as a bong to smoke marijuana.
April 6th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Have you ever been driving on a highway and noticed items like mattresses, box springs or other large objects on the road or at the side of the road? If you’re like me you’re probably glad that you weren’t driving behind a vehicle when they lost those items, right?
Well, an elderly motorcyclist wasn’t so lucky. Last month a motorcycle rider was critically injured when a boxed bathtub fell off a pickup truck.
Wow, hit by a bathtub. That man will have a story to tell! When he was hit on a Louisiana interstate he was thrown from his bike and landed on the grass median. When helped arrived he was taken to a local hospital. I’m uncertain as to what his injuries were but I’d imagine that he’d have a few broken bones at the very least.
Naturally the pickup driver was charged with driving with an unsecured load and booked for negligent injury.
