Gregory v. Johnson

Birdsonci, Judge.

Wrongful Death — Attractive Nuisance. The Gregorys’ (appellants) two-year-old infant was drowned in the Johnsons’ (appellees) swimming pool. At the time of the drowning, the infant and his father were visiting in the neighborhood and the child’s presence was unknown to the Johnsons, and in fact the Johnsons were not at home at the time of the incident. The pool was beside the house, was not fenced off, and was bordered on two of the remaining sides by intersecting streets. It contained a slide and other accoutrements which, as contended, might well have attracted a young…