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“When it hits, it sounds like a gunshot,” 36-year-old Athina told theGlobe. “It’s very scary.”
The couple, who are parents to three young daughters, said they stopped fixing their shattered windows long ago, opting to cover them with thick plastic instead.
“We’re always on edge,” 43-year-old Erik said. “It’s been emotionally taxing on us.”
The couple ultimately decided to sue the club over the barrage of golf balls, and in December, a Plymouth County Superior Court jury awarded Erik and Athina $4.93 million,NBC Newsreported.
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Citing court records, the outlet said jurors found the club at fault for not protecting the home from the errant balls.
Representatives of the couple and Indian Pond County Club did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Tuesday.
The club is launching an appeal, arguing that the nearly $5 million awarded to the couple is excessive.
“I’m extremely confident that the injunction will be struck down,” Indian Pond’s lawyer, John Flemming, told theGlobeof the ruling. “In my opinion, as a matter of law, the verdict of $3.5 million for alleged emotional distress is against the weight of the evidence.”
Flemming told theGlobethat Indian Pond also tried to find solutions for the family, and worked with the golf course’s architect.
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“It’s not true that the golf course didn’t do anything,” he said. “A suggestion that we were completely unresponsive, I don’t think is accurate at all.”
TheGlobereported that the club has since made changes to the 15th hole of its course, and the couple has not seen a golf ball on their property in months.
Tenczars' attorney, Robert Galvintold NBC Newsthat Erik and Athina never envisioned what would happen despite buying a home near the course.
“They thought they were buying golf-course-view property and what they ended up buying was a golf-course-in-play property,” he said. “It was apparent to anyone that this house was going to be struck as repeatedly as this one was, they would have never bought this property.”
source: people.com
