Estate of Williams v. Pasquotank County Parks & Recreation Department

STROUD, Judge.

Defendant Pasquotank County appeals the denial of its limited motion for summary judgment based on governmental immunity. As we conclude that defendant Pasquotank County was involved in a proprietary function, we affirm.

I. Background

This action arises out of the death of Mr. Erik Dominic Williams on 10 June 2007 at Fun Junktion, a public park owned by Pasquotank County and operated by Pasquotank County Parks & Recreation Department (colléctively “defendants”). The estate of Mr. Williams brought this suit for negligence against defendants after Mr. Williams drowned in the…