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Family sues country club over 5-year-old's drowning

Published 07/21/06

The family of a 5-year-old Davidsonville boy who drowned at the Crofton County Club have sued the club and the company that manages the pool for $20 million.

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The family of Connor Freed filed the wrongful death lawsuit yesterday in county Circuit Court, a month after the drowning. It claims that the actions of the club and employees of Hunt Valley-based DRD Pool Service Inc. led to the boy's death.

"The lifeguards and staff failed Connor Freed and they failed the family," said Briggs Bedigian, the family's attorney.

William B. Berkshire, owner of the country club, declined to comment this morning, as did an attorney for...

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