New Jersey jury awards $3.65million to wealth manager hit by golf cart at a country club
- Mario Zaburski of Teaneck, New Jersey, received $2.5 million for lost wages, $1 million for pain and suffering and $150,000 for future medical expenses
- Zaburski was playing golf at the Alpine Country Club in Demarest, New Jersey in July of 2015 when he was struck in the knee by a cart driven by Jerome Klein
- The accident left Zaburski with two herniated discs in his back and aggravated a previous spinal condition known as spondylothesis
- The golf course was not a named defendant in the lawsuit
- Klein had blamed Zaburski for the crash, saying the wealth manager ‘saw the peril’ and ‘should have avoided the incident’
A New Jersey financial services professional who was struck by a golf cart while playing at a country club has been awarded $3.65 million in damages by a jury
A New Jersey financial services professional who was struck by a golf cart while playing at a country club has been awarded $3.65 million in damages by a jury following a four-day trial.
Mario Zaburski of Teaneck, New Jersey, was granted $2.5 million in lost wages, $1 million for pain and suffering, and $150,000 for future medical expenses by a Bergen County jury on July 19.
Zaburski was golfing with business colleagues near the ninth hole at the Alpine Country Club in Demarest, New Jersey, on July 24, 2015 when he was hit in the right knee by a golf cart driven by Jerome Klein, according to NJ.com.
The collision reportedly caused Zaburski to flip in the air before landing on his back. His attorney, Evan Lide, said Zaburski received two herniated discs in his back and aggravated a previous spinal condition known as spondylothesis, which results when one or more vertebra slip out of place in the spine.
Mario Zaburski was golfing with business colleagues near the ninth hole at the Alpine Country Club (pictured) in Demarest, New Jersey, on July 24, 2015 when he was hit in the right knee by a golf cart driven by Jerome Klein
Alpine Country Club was not a named defendant in the lawsuit
Zaburski’s injuries required him to remain on disability and miss work for a year before he was laid off towards the end of 2016, three weeks before a doctor cleared him to return to the workplace.
‘The jury understood that when Mario Zaburski was struck by the golf cart, he sustained permanent injuries that would forever impact his capacity to work,’ Zaburski’s attorney Evan Lide said in a written statement about the verdict.
Alpine Country Club was not a named defendant in the lawsuit.
Klein had blamed Zaburski for the crash, saying the wealth manager ‘saw the peril’ and ‘should have avoided the incident,’ according to court documents.