Owens v. Anderson

Dick N. Anderson and his wife leased their Beaver Lake resort grounds and facilities to the Pacific National Club for a private party. As a convenience for those using the lake for swimming purposes, a standard diving board and platform had been built out into the deep water. Portions of the lake bottom were planked parallel to the shore line in the shallow water to cover the mud bottom of the lake, so that those wading in the water walked on the planking rather than in mud.

Michael Thomas Owens, aged sixteen, a member of the club and a good swimmer, made a surface dive into the water a few…