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Working to Make Topgolf Safer
NBC5 reported on a military servicemember whose fall at Topgolf ended his career, highlighting the firm's work to press for safer venues.
Video Summary
NBC5 reported on Carlos Palomo Jr., an Air Force servicemember who said a fall from the second level of a Dallas Topgolf ended his military career and left him with lasting pain and disability. Marc Lenahan told the station that the venue had hidden dangers and argued that larger safety nets could help prevent similar falls.
Video Transcript
[News Anchor] A member of the U.S. military says a serious fall at Topgolf in Dallas ended his military career. In a lawsuit, Carlos Palomo Jr. of Abilene says he fell from the second level back in August and the net below him didn’t hold him. Topgolf Promotes itself as a Golf entertainment and hang out venue. Palomo says his career in the U. S. Air Force is now over. He will live with pain and disabilities for the rest of his life. His attorney tells NBC5 that Topgolf has hidden dangers and that the nets should be twice as big to be safe. Topgolf would not comment on the lawsuit, telling NBC5 out of respect for all of our guests privacy, we do not comment on any individual’s experience at our facilities.
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