A $1.5 Million settlement was reached against a South Jersey Golf course after a 77 year-old man was seriously injured when a dead tree branch fell from 20 feet and struck him while he was playing golf.  RD was able to get to the scene immediatley after the incident and filed an emergent application with the court to grant us access to the course and to preserve the tree and tree limb as well as photograph the site which proved invaluable in demonstrating that this was not an Act of God but rather a predictable and preventable incident. The force of the blow cause severe abdominal injuries including many fractures to his ribs and spine.  RD’s client made a miraculous recovery from this near death tragedy but spent 30 days in the hospital and months in rehab before getting back home.  He will always have ongoing residuals from the incident and his retirement will not be as active as he once planned.  Lou DeVoto handled the case for RD.