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Property Owners Liability for Pool Accident Injury

Apartment complexes, hotels, motels, resorts, and other property owners may be held liable for pool injuries or death. 

Pool Drowning Liability

There may be grounds for establishing liability against property owners in the event of a tragic pool drowning:

  • Lack of fencing

  • Lack of pool barriers

  • Lack of locking gates

  • Lack of supervision

  • Poor maintenance

  • Defective equipment

  • Single drains

  • Pool blankets or solar covers

  • Diving

  • Safety equipment is poor or nonexistent

  • Warnings of risk are inadequate

  • Depth markings in swimming pools are absent or not readable

  • Equipment is improperly placed or installed

  • Pool is accessible to children

  • Pool lacks safety cover

  • Pool lacks safety fencing or alarm systems


Florida has enacted several pool safety laws:

Pool Drowning Accident Lawsuit

As part of our investigation into a pool drowning claim, we seek to determine all parties who may be held legally responsible for the drowning accident or serious pool accident including:

  • Recreational equipment manufacturers

  • Swimming pool and component manufacturers

  • Swimming pool retailers, distributors and installers

  • Property owners

  • Hotels and apartment owners

  • Municipalities

  • Schools

  • Supervisory personnel

  • Resort owners

  • Private club employees

  • Youth or infant caretakers

  • Medical mismanagement

  • Insurance companies

Pool Accident Injuries

A pool drowning or near-drowning event can result in serious, life-changing injuries, including brain injury or brain damage. Similarly a pool diving accident can result in catastrophic spinal cord injury, paralysis, or death.

Pool Injury Claim

Personal injury and wrongful death cases caused by pool accidents are complex, and holding the proper parties accountable for the financial, physical, and mental injuries they have caused requires critical review analysis and review of the key evidence, not only by the attorney, but by appropriate aquatic safety experts.

Call an injury lawyer at our firm regarding your pool accident injury claim. Your consult is prompt, confidential, and we will provide you an honest assessment of your pool injury claim.  We're here to help. 

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