Hamilton v. Cannon

Hunstein, Justice.

The mother, child and administrator of the estate of Kim Orlena Hamilton brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia asserting state and federal causes of action arising out of Hamilton’s death at a city swimming pool in Montezuma. Plaintiffs named as defendants Macon County, its sheriff, one of its deputy sheriffs, the City of Montezuma, the manager of the city swimming pool, and a lifeguard at that pool.

Construed in a light most favorable to plaintiffs as the respondents on motion for summary judgment, Lau’s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga.…