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swimming pool accident

Liability For Swimming Pool Accidents

June 6, 2016 by Lee Hoffoss

Nationwide, children under 14 constitute an alarming percentage of the ten drowning victims per day; many of these events occur at private backyard swimming pools or hotel pools. Some of these tragedies occur at busy pool parties and other large events when the owner has not made adequate preparations to supervise all the guests. Other times, parents turn their heads for just a few moments, and in that time, a child falls into an open or semi-open pool. It is also not unusual for a neighborhood child to wander into an unsecured yard and play in an unsupervised pool.
In all these situations, the landowner owes a duty of care to prevent swimming pool drownings, and the outcome in these cases largely depends on the relationship between landowner and victim as well as any remedial actions the landowner undertook. [Read more…] about Liability For Swimming Pool Accidents

Filed Under: Personal Injury, Uncategorized Tagged With: Fatal Accident, Negligence, swimming pool accident

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