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Swimming pool accidents are some of the most heart-wrenching and terrifying.
Nice, relaxing days in the pool can quickly turn dangerous if swimming pool accidents or drowning occurs.
Do you have a case if you or a loved one suffered from a swimming pool accident?
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), nearly 50,000 people annually seek hospital emergency room care for injuries involving pools. About 600 children and adults die annually due to drowning in pools. Of those, 300 occur in home pools. Additionally, 75% of those injured involve people 19 and under and nearly twice as many boys than girls are injured. The majority of children who drowned were being supervised by a parent.
Unfortunately, all it takes is a few seconds of not watching for a children to slip by and walk into a pool and severely injure themselves or worse, drown.
What types of situations can cause accidents in pools?
- Slip and falls due to wetness
- Diving in shallow areas
- Running and playing near the edge of the pool
- Sliding down water slides head first and hitting the bottom of the pool
- Sharp edges in the pool
- Shock hazards from electrical wiring
- Pool filter suction
- Lack of depth indicators in pools
- Lack of fence surrounding pool
- Problems with pool ladders
- Pool chemicals
What types of injuries that could occur due to pool accidents?
- Drowning
- Death
- Brain damage
- Broken bones
What possible expenses could a person expect after being injured in a pool accident?
- Hospital and doctor expenses
- Surgery
- Medication
- Assisted living care and costs
- Loss of work and wages
Do you have a case? What legal issues may be involved in swimming pool accidents cases?
Premises liability- Did the owner of the pool take the reasonable and necessary precautions to prevent pool accidents and drowning? No? Then you may have a case.
Product liability- Was the pool equipment that was bought defective? If an accident or a drowning was due to that faulty pool equipment or product then the manufacturer or seller may be liable. Were there no safety warnings with the products that were installed in your pool and they caused a drowning? Then that company or marketer may be liable.
Negligence- Did the owner take all the necessary precautions to prevent pool accidents and drownings? Did the owners of a public pool hire adequate lifeguards to ensure public safety? Did their pool company give them faulty equipment that affected the safety of those using the pool? No? Then you may have a case.
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