Student question
You are a world-famous violin player. On a recent visit to Kamloops you decide to visit your friend
Mrs. Yan. Mrs Yan lives in a huge mansion at the top of Aberdeen. While you are sitting sipping a drin
k on Mrs. Yan’s balcony a stray golf ball from the nearby golf course flies onto Mrs. Yan’s balcony and
smashes the glass in your hand, severing a tendon in your finger. The golf course has put up a high pr
otective fence to prevent this sort of thing happening. In the last 30 years, six golf balls have been hit
over the protective fence. Following surgery on your finger, your surgeon tells you that will never be
able to play violin professionally again. Are you likely to be successful in your negligence claim agains
t:
A.)
The golf club;
B.)
B.) The golfer who hit the ball;
C.)
C.) Mrs. Yan;
D.)
D.) Some combination of A/B/C (please specify); or
E.)
E.) None of the above
