Pool Accidents
3,000 people, many of them children, drown each year in the United States and many more suffer serious, irreversible injury in near-drowning incidents. Most of these are preventable.
Our attorneys have won a number of pool safety cases. In one recent case, Pat Regan received a $5 million verdict for a child who suffered brain damage because the pool operator allowed the children to use an unsafe pool and diveboard. As a result of the case, the pool operator was forced to improve their safety training and replace the dangerous equipment making the pool safe for the community.
We have forced unsafe pool owners to accept and acknowledge responsibility to the families who suffered the tragic loss of a child due to a needless drowning. In addition to obtaining settlements on behalf of these families for their losses, we have also made our community safer by requiring more rigorous training and tougher screening for DC area life guards.
Drowning is the leading cause of all accidental deaths among small children (one to four years of age) and the second leading cause among all children from one to 14 years of age, following only motor vehicle accidents.
Drownings can occur in a number of places, including at public and private swimming pools, open recreational waterways such as lakes and ponds, spas, hot tubs and even in bathtubs. In non-fatal cases, with brain damage generally resulting after four minutes of submersion, an estimated 20 percent of victims suffer severe, permanent neurological disability.
Negligence plays a part in many drownings and near-drowning cases, whether the cause is lack of supervision or a problem with the premises. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for every fatal drowning incident involving a child 14 years old or younger, three children require emergency room treatment for submersion injuries and 40 percent of those require hospitalization. Non-fatal incidents can cause brain damage that results in long-term disabilities ranging from memory problems to the victim being left in a vegetative state.
Our firm has achieved excellent results in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia in this area of law and has obtained substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of our clients.
Our attorneys have won a number of pool safety cases. In one recent case, Pat Regan received a $5 million verdict for a child who suffered brain damage because the pool operator allowed the children to use an unsafe pool and diveboard. As a result of the case, the pool operator was forced to improve their safety training and replace the dangerous equipment making the pool safe for the community.
We have forced unsafe pool owners to accept and acknowledge responsibility to the families who suffered the tragic loss of a child due to a needless drowning. In addition to obtaining settlements on behalf of these families for their losses, we have also made our community safer by requiring more rigorous training and tougher screening for DC area life guards.
Drowning is the leading cause of all accidental deaths among small children (one to four years of age) and the second leading cause among all children from one to 14 years of age, following only motor vehicle accidents.
Drownings can occur in a number of places, including at public and private swimming pools, open recreational waterways such as lakes and ponds, spas, hot tubs and even in bathtubs. In non-fatal cases, with brain damage generally resulting after four minutes of submersion, an estimated 20 percent of victims suffer severe, permanent neurological disability.
Negligence plays a part in many drownings and near-drowning cases, whether the cause is lack of supervision or a problem with the premises. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for every fatal drowning incident involving a child 14 years old or younger, three children require emergency room treatment for submersion injuries and 40 percent of those require hospitalization. Non-fatal incidents can cause brain damage that results in long-term disabilities ranging from memory problems to the victim being left in a vegetative state.
Our firm has achieved excellent results in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia in this area of law and has obtained substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of our clients.
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