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HOOKS v. WASHINGTON SHERATON CORP.

No. 76-1958.

578 F.2d 313 (1977)

Thomas HOOKS, a minor, by Harlin Hooks, his father and next friend, Harlin Hooks and Mildred Hooks v. WASHINGTON SHERATON CORPORATION, a corporation, I. T. T. Sheraton Corporation of America, a corporation, Appellants, Paddock Swimming Pool Company et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1977.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Arness, Washington, D.C., with whom Allen R. Snyder, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellants.

Rex Carr, East St. Louis, Ill., for appellees, Hooks.

Charles E. Channing, Jr., Upper Marlboro, Md., also entered an appearance for appellants.

Morton J. Frome, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellees, Hooks.

Before McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge ROBB.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

This diversity case arose out of the injuries suffered by 18-year old Thomas Hooks when he dove from the three-meter diving board at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., in June 1971. The pool was equipped with a high performance aluminum "Duraflex" board that propelled Hooks, who was not an experienced diver, into shallow water where he struck his head on the bottom. As a result...

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