Exclusivity Shielded Golf Club from Tort Liability for Superintendent's Fall at Home

A New Jersey appellate panel ruled that a golf club could not be held liable in tort for a worker's fall on the steps of his on-site residence. Case: Hanisko v. Billy Casper Golf Management, No. A-5053-12T4, 09/08/2014, published. Facts: Eric Hanisko worked as the superintendent of the Cranbury Golf Club, a 120-acre facility in West Windsor.   The employment package which the club and Billy Casper Golf Management extended to him included the provision of housing at the club. On April 11, 2009, Hanisko slipped and fell on what he claimed was a defectively-constructed wooden step in...