CITY OF BALTIMORE v. AUSTIN

No. 179, September Term, 1978.

40 Md. App. 557 (1978)

392 A.2d 1140

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE v. MARTHA AUSTIN, ETC.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Hughes, Associate City Solicitor, with whom were Benjamin L. Brown, City Solicitor, and William R. Phelan, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, on the brief, for appellant.

Paul D. Bekman, with whom were William H. Engelman and Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A. on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before LOWE, LISS and MACDANIEL, JJ.


LISS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, appellants (hereinafter "the City"), appeals from judgments entered against them in favor of the appellee, Martha Austin, as mother and next friend of Camille Austin, deceased, and as personal representative of the estate of Camille Austin.

The case arises out of a tragic accident which resulted in the death by drowning of Camille Austin, aged five. In July of 1974, the...

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