If you had a little girl who was 10 years old, and the family went to a park with which they were not familiar, would you let the child wander off on her own? Especially if the park were in a metropolitan area?
Ebony McGee and Antoin Lockett say it's all the city's fault their child drowned. They were on a family outing to Walter E. Luedeke Park when the child went off on her own and either fell or jumped into a retention pond. They have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Balch Springs.
Lockett says the fateful day was the first time the family had visited the park. They allowed the child to go off down a trail with "Follow me" signs. Lockett says the pond was hidden from his view by a hill. "I didn't even know a pond was there," he said. Not knowing what was there is all the more reason for him to have made sure an adult was with her! The parents say the child was "very responsible" and would not have entered the pond if "No Swimming" signs had been posted. Maybe so, maybe not -- she was 10 years old.
I just can't imagine taking a child to an unfamiliar place and allowing her to strike out on her own out of my sight. Forget the pond -- don't these people know that child predators often find their victims at parks?
The family should receive nothing from the city, and, in fact, should be investigated themselves for the wrongful death of a child they were neglecting.
"Parents sue after girl drowns at park; city reviewing lawsuit." The Dallas Morning News; June 19, 2014; p. 1B.
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