Bailey v. Lancaster Ruritan Recreation Center, Inc.

The dispositive question in this negligence action is whether the defendant is protected from liability under the doctrine of charitable immunity.

In June 1996, appellant Vicki Watson Bailey, Administrator of the Estate of April C. Watson, an Infant, Deceased, filed this action for damages under the death by wrongful act statutes against appellee Lancaster Ruritan Recreation Center, Inc. The defendant, a nonstock corporation with its office and principal place of business in Lancaster County, owns, operates, and supervises a swimming pool on its premises.

The plaintiff alleges that, on June 27,…