Odom v. Lee

Shulman, Judge.

Appellee-plaintiff brought a wrongful death action against appellant-landowner for the value of the life of her six-year-old son who drowned in appellant’s swimming pool.

We granted this application for interlocutory review to consider the denial of appellant’s motion for summary judgment. We reverse.

Affidavits and depositions established that appellee’s child lived in the neighborhood and frequently played with appellant’s child. On the day of the drowning appellant’s family left their home at about noon. Appellee’s son was not at or about appellant’s house at the time of…