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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