Mother files wrongful death lawsuit against apartment where daughter drowned
A DeKalb County woman has filed a lawsuit against an apartment after her daughter s drowning.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - A little girl, her brother, and other neighborhood children were playing in a DeKalb County creek near their home after school one cold January afternoon in 2019. A branch broke while the kids climbed trees, sending 6-year-old Damaria Hooten into 6-feet-deep water.
That would be the last day Damaria Hooten played with her older brother.
Two years later, her mother, Raylithia Hooten, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the apartment complex where her daughter drowned.