White v. Georgia Power Co.

Miller, Judge.

This case presents a tragic set of circumstances in which two young boys made unwise decisions leading to their deaths. Recent, binding Georgia law, however, mandates that their mothers have no cause of action against these defendants.

Two nonswimmer boys (nine and twelve years old) tragically drowned in the Oconee River four miles downstream from the Sinclair Dam operated by Georgia Power Company. During the hours that the river was running deep and swift due to water flowing through the dam turbines to generate electricity, the nine-year-old descended a city boat ramp into the…