WHITE v. GEORGIA POWER CO.

No. A03A1829.

595 S.E.2d 353 (2004)

265 Ga. App. 664

WHITE et al. v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied May 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. McGriff & Associates, George W. McGriff, Eric E. Wyatt, Bernard R. Thomas, Sr., Atlanta, for appellants.

Jones, Cork & Miller, H. Jerome Strickland, Howard J. Strickland, Jr., Adams, Jordan & Treadwell, Virgil L. Adams, Milledgeville, Donald J. Jordan, Macon, for appellees.


MILLER, Judge.

This case presents a tragic set of circumstances in which two young boys made unwise decisions leading to their deaths. Recent, binding Georgia law, however, mandates that their mothers have no cause of action against these defendants.

Two nonswimmer boys (nine and twelve years old) tragically drowned in the Oconee River four miles downstream from the Sinclair Dam operated by Georgia Power Company. During the hours that the river was running...

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