Burke v. Brace

CHESLOCK, J.,

On My 22, 1995, Stephen L. Burke was attending a high school graduation party hosted by Joseph and Terry Brace who reside in the Hemlock Lake community located in Polk Town*363ship, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. After nightfall, the decedent, Hakim A. Cardoza and Christopher J. Thompson took a paddleboat onto Hemlock Lake located within the Hemlock Lake community. After paddling the boat to the center of Hemlock Lake, the three boys jumped into the water attempting to swim to the shoreline. Approximately 50 feet from shore, the decedent’s body began to cramp. Cardoza and Thompson…