A lawyer for the family of a 9-year-old boy struck in the head by a golf club at Topgolf in Hillsboro urged jurors Monday to award $34 million in damages, alleging the company failed to protect children at the venue during a 2021 birthday party.
The company never gave the 12 children a required tour of the golfing bays or a safety conversation that their “bay host” is expected to provide, including a warning to stay behind the red line to avoid getting hit by a swinging club, attorney Samuel T. Smith said in his opening statement.
“You cannot expect someone to follow the rules if you aren’t told the rules,” he told an eight-member jury in federal court in Portland…