COLQUITT v. ROWLAND

No. S95G0028.

463 S.E.2d 491 (1995)

265 Ga. 905

COLQUITT v. ROWLAND.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Theodore, Donald W. Osborne, Tucker, for Lewis Colquitt.

L. Chandler Vreeland, Marietta, Jason R. Hasty, Marietta, A. Gregg Loomis, Atlanta, for Linda Rowland.

Stephen L. Cotter, L. Bruce Hedrick, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

Samuel W. Oates, Jr., Columbus, Elizabeth F. Bunce, Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing & Bunce, Statesboro, Matthew C. Flournoy, Flournoy & Gentry, Marietta, for Amicus Appellee in No. S95G0028.

Larry S. Stewart, Stewart, Thighman, Fox & Bianchi, P.A., Miami, Jeffrey White, Washington, DC.

Gerry L. Spence, Spence, Moriarty and Schuster, Jackson, WY, for Amicus Appellee in No. S95G0028.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Lewis Colquitt rented a house to Mark Rogers who placed an above-ground swimming pool on the premises. Although the pool was only four feet deep, Rogers attached a diving board to it. Colquitt was aware of the dimensions of, and attachments to, the pool.

Linda Rowland attended a house party given by Rogers. She dove off the diving board into the pool, sustained injuries to her neck, and sued Colquitt, Rogers and the manufacturer of the pool...

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