Who Can Be Held Liable for a Golf Cart Accident Besides the Driver?

In some golf cart accident cases, the other driver is not necessarily the only responsible party — and occasionally, they may not be the responsible party at all. Here’s who else may be held liable for damages as a result of a golf cart accident.

The Golf Course

The golf course can be held liable for accidents when:

There are terrain hazards.

Golf courses owe a duty of care to golfers to provide a safe course free of hazards. Tree roots or stumps, rocks, breaks in the terrain, mud, and other terrain issues can cause a cart to crash or even roll over.

Proper operation instructions were not provided.

Golf courses may be held responsible for not providing adequate operation instructions to drivers of carts rented through the course.

Golf carts were not properly maintained.

Golf courses must keep their carts properly maintained. Failure to perform routine maintenance on brakes, engines, and other key features of the cart could lead to an accident, for which the golf course may be held liable.