Published 17:30 IST, April 9th 2020

Tiger Woods sued: Caddie Joe LaCava named in lawsuit over 2018 Valspar incident

Tiger Woods sued: In his lawsuit, Borusso said that he was hospitalised after, suffered a loss of income and aggravated an existing health condition.

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Earlier this week, Tiger Woods lawsuit news came into limelight in which his cdie Joe LaCava was also named. According to report published by a leing news ncy, a man from Florida who has filed a lawsuit against both claimed that he sustained injuries after Tiger Woods' cdie LaCava shoved him when he tried to take a selfie with golfer in background during 2018 Valspar Championship at Innisbrook.

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Tiger Woods sued: Joe LaCava shoves man during 2018 Valspar Championship

 According to  report, man who filed  Tiger Woods lawsuit is Brian Borruso. Borruso filed civil complaint on Tuesday (Wednesday IST) in Pinellas County, Florida and alleged that incident took place on 13th hole during third round of 2018 Valspar Championship after Tiger Woods’ tee shot landed near him. In his Tiger Woods lawsuit, complainant Borruso has also said that he stumbled and fell into crowd of spectators after being shoved by Joe LaCava, ultimately causing injuries which he described in Tiger Woods lawsuit as “permanent or continuing.” According to report, Florida man is seeking more than $30,000 in dams.

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In his lawsuit, Borruso said that he went to hospital after that incident, suffered a loss of income and aggravated an existing health condition. Tiger Woods lawsuit comes as a heache for golfer who, during time of  incident was Joe LaCava's boss. According to rules of golf, a player is responsible for his cdie’s actions during a round.

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Tiger Woods sued: Brian Borruso's attorney issues statement

As per report, Brian Borrusso's attorney Josh Dreschel issued a statement in Tiger Woods sued incident in which he is asking public’s help in identifying voices on a video that appears to capture portions of incident. After Tiger Woods sued news emerged, Dreschel released a statement in which he asked people to contact him and let him and his client kw if y saw incident or if y kw whose voices are on video, and if y may have videos or pictures of incident. He also said that PGA has refused to cooperate, even though y are confident that PGA has incident on video.

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Tiger Woods sued: Tiger Woods performance at 2018 Valspar Championship

Tiger Woods appeared at 2018 Valspar Championship after spinal fusion surgery back in April 2017. appearance was just his fourth start in an official US PGA Tour event. At conclusion of event, Tiger Woods missed out on championship after finishing tied for second behind England’s Paul Casey.

17:30 IST, April 9th 2020