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THOMAS v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 1955-61, 330-62.

266 F.Supp. 687 (1967)

Shirley A. THOMAS as the Administratrix of the Estate of Donald E. Thomas, Plaintiff, v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY and District of Columbia, Defendants. John F. WYNN, Jr., Plaintiff, v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY and District of Columbia, Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

April 18, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Thomas.

I. Irwin Bolotin, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Wynn.

Thomas A. Flannery and Stephen A. Trimble, Washington, D. C., for defendant Potomac Electric Power Co.

Andrew G. Conlyn, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendant District of Columbia.

HOLTZOFF, Judge.

OPINION

Two lifeguards, Donald E. Thomas and John F. Wynn, Jr., employed at a public swimming pool in Washington, D. C., known as the Banneker Swimming Pool, received an electric shock while trying to assist a swimmer who had been similarly stricken. As a result Thomas died, while Wynn sustained personal injuries. Both Thomas and Wynn were part-time employees of a corporation known as Government...

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