Lisa Park, 59, was killed after the golf cart she was driving across a street at the Royal Vista Golf Club in Walnut, Calif., was hit by a car. The driver of the car was never identified, and Park’s family has filed lawsuits against the club, the county, the construction company that renovated that portion of the golf course, and the golf cart manufacturer.
The family of a woman who died from injuries sustained in a golf cart hit and run is suing both the Royal Vista Golf Club in Walnut, Calif., and the golf cart manufacturer, the Rancho Santa Margarita (Calif.) Patch reported.
Lisa Park, 59, was playing a round of golf with her husband at the club when she noticed that she’d left her golf club at the 4th hole. Park drove her cart across the street, which had a signalized crosswalk, to get it, Patch reported.
After grabbing her club, she returned across the roadway toward the 5th hole when a westbound car collided with her cart, causing injuries that led to her death the following day. The driver and the car were never identified or caught, Patch reported.
Park left behind her husband, James, and two adult children, Jessica and Peter Park, who are now suing the Royal Vista Golf Club and Los Angeles County, according to the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed Friday. The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, also names as defendants Eagle Golf Construction Inc., which renovated part of the golf course, and Textron Inc., which manufactured the golf cart in which Park was riding, Patch reported.
Representatives for the defendants could not be immediately reached by Patch.
The lawsuit alleges that despite a history of prior fatal accidents involving Royal Vista golfers crossing in the same or surrounding area, Royal Vista and Eagle Golf did not provide safer alternatives such as a bridge or tunnel. The suit also alleges that Los Angeles County is negligent for not providing proper warnings to drivers that golfers cross at that location, and because the 45 mph speed limit is excessive given that so many carts cross there during the day, Patch reported.
“Golfers traveling by golf cart are particularly vulnerable as their movement is restricted and they are limited in their ability to make quick evasive maneuvers,” the suit said.
The suit further alleges that Textron is liable because the golf cart did not have seat belts or other restraints that could have prevented Park’s ejection, Patch reported.
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