{"id":621352,"date":"2025-12-09T03:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T03:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/621352\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T03:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T03:37:36","slug":"dad-files-lawsuit-against-new-jersey-golf-course-claiming-his-son-died-in-anguish-from-lightning-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/621352\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad files lawsuit against New Jersey golf course claiming his son died in \u2018anguish\u2019 from lightning strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

A father hit the owners of a New Jersey<\/a> golf course with a wrongful death lawsuit after his son was struck by lightning<\/a> during a golf tournament this summer and died soon after.<\/p>\n

The suit from Scott Mariani, of Franklin Lakes, filed December 3 in Bergen County<\/a>, alleges the owners of Ballyowen Golf Club could\u2019ve done more to protect his son Simon, 28, who was hit by lightning on July 8 and died a week later.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore his death, (Mariani) was caused to suffer severe pain, anguish, and fear of impending death,\u201d the lawsuit, obtained by NJ.com<\/a>, reads.<\/p>\n

The complaint accuses Crystal Springs Resort of failing to warn golfers of a storm that was brewing as they played in the 36-hole Ironman Tournament taking place the day of the strike.<\/p>\n

The suit also alleges management didn\u2019t have lightning<\/a> warning protocols in place and didn\u2019t adequately monitor weather activity, and that the club \u201cfailed to suspend play and failed to provide timely or adequate evacuation instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The suit accuses course owners of failing to monitor weather or warn players of lightning risk (Google Street View)<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted Crystal Springs Resort for comment.<\/p>\n

The course reportedly<\/a> sounded warning alarms and horns to clear the green when the fast-moving storm began to develop.<\/p>\n

Police were the first to treat Simon Mariani, until paramedics arrived. The 28-year-old was later airlifted to Cooperman Barnabas Hospital.<\/p>\n

Scott Mariana witnessed the horrific moment his son was struck by lightening and \u201chad a contemporaneous awareness of the gravity of his son\u2019s injuries,\u201d the suit claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cScott Mariani suffered severe and foreseeable emotional distress,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Simon Mariani was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with degrees in accounting, economics, and business.<\/p>\n

He was working in New York City at the time of his death, according to an obituary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Outside of his career, he enjoyed spending time with family, painting, and being outdoors.<\/p>\n

During the same July when Mariani was struck by lightning, a lightning strike at a New Jersey archery range killed one person and injured another 13.<\/p>\n

The odds of being struck by lightning are less than one in a million, and about 90 percent of lightning strike victims survive, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A father hit the owners of a New Jersey golf course with a wrongful death lawsuit after his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[193329,193327,2826,193330,52965,193326,6149,193324,193331,193328,79,16,15,193325],"class_list":{"0":"post-621352","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-course-owners","9":"tag-crystal-springs-resort","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-impending-death","12":"tag-lightning","13":"tag-lightning-strike","14":"tag-new-jersey","15":"tag-scott-mariani","16":"tag-simon-mariani","17":"tag-son-simon","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-wrongful-death-lawsuit"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115687526238491312","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}