Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. v. Hixon

This is an action for the wrongful death of five-year-old David Lee Hixon, whose body was found in the swimming pool at the Village West Trailer Park in Montgomery, Alabama. From a judgment entered on a jury verdict for $750,000.00 in favor of the plaintiffs, the defendant appeals.

David Lee Hixon lived at Village West Trailer Park with his parents. Village West Trailer Park and the pool are owned by the appellant/defendant Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance Company. On the afternoon of David Lee Hixon’s death, his mother had stopped by the trail*519er park office, which is adjacent to…