Kilmer v. Bean

The respondents’ minor daughter, Joan, aged six, was drowned on July 2, 1951, in the waters of Puget Sound near the respondents’ home in Des Moines. She was with a party of adults and children who were swimming in the sound at the time of the accident and was in the custody of a neighbor, Mrs. Cooley. This suit was brought to recover damages in the amount of $10,000 for loss of services and $693.15 for funeral and burial expenses. The appellants Hansen are the owners of the property adjacent to the portion of the beach where the drowning was alleged to have occurred, and the appellant Bean is…