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Rostock (dpa / mv) - The higher regional court (OLG) Rostock is dealing with a tragic accident of a six-year-old boy and a resulting lifelong disability on Friday.
This involves claims for pain and suffering and damages totaling 470,000 euros.
The plaintiff is the mother who, according to the court, gave the boy to the father of his playmate in June 2012 at a weekend event of a youth welfare association in the Rostock district.
On the premises, the boy fell into a pond and was submerged.
When he was found, severe brain damage could not be prevented despite immediate rescue measures.
He will be in need of care all his life.
The mother had already made her claims before the Rostock regional court.
This saw the claim to 50 percent as a so-called joint debtor to the youth welfare association, the property owner and the father who was in charge.
The other half lies with the father alone.
All three defendants appealed the judgment.
The OLG must now decide what a person responsible for supervising must do in order to avoid such harm to a child or what measures an organizer must take, who must reckon with children playing in a natural pond.
At the same time, the question is whether a landlord or organizer can rely on the fact that a supervisory obligation is completely fulfilled and that no further security measures are therefore necessary.