Fish v. Homestead Woolen Mills, Inc.

The plaintiff, Ricki Fish, appeals from a Superior Court {Groff, J.) order granting the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. The plaintiff filed a multi-count negligence suit against the defendants, seeking damages for injuries he suffered when he dove into Swanzey Lake and struck his head on a submerged rock. The defendants, Homestead Woolen Mills, Inc. (Homestead) and Robert Bennett, were the co-owners of the Swanzey Lake dam, and Homestead, individually, owned the property from which the plaintiff dove. According to the plaintiff, the defendants allowed their dam to fall into…