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GEORGIA POWER COMPANY v. McGRUDER

27433.

229 Ga. 811 (1972)

194 S.E.2d 440

GEORGIA POWER COMPANY v. McGRUDER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Cork, Miller & Benton, Wallace Miller, Jr., W. Warren Plowden, for appellant.

Benjamin B. Garland, Benjamin M. Garland, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Justice.

Willie Mae McGruder filed a complaint against the Georgia Power Company for the wrongful death of her ten-year-old son who drowned in a pool of water located below the defendant's dam and power plant on Lake Jackson. The boy was trapped inside a drainage pipe which runs from said pool to a lower-lying pool about 20 feet away. The complaint alleged several grounds of liability. The defendant's motion for summary judgment was granted by the trial...

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