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Personal Injury/Wrongful Death From Swimming Pool Accident
Personal injury or wrongful death occurring in swimming pools—especially those with a lifeguard, are highly preventable if basic lifeguarding principles are followed.
Cassandra Blake of Baltimore, Maryland (MD) headed to an apartment complex pool for a day of fun in the summer of 2005. She never imagined that she would not leave there alive that day but that is exactly what happened. The family of Ms. Blake brought a wrongful death lawsuit against Cedar Towers Apartments along with the American Pool Management Inc., American Pool Enterprises Inc., Westminster Management and Doug Kusher Co. It is contended that Ms. Blake drowned due to the negligence of unqualified lifeguards with only one week’s training. Ms. Blake could not swim and had been swimming in the shallow end earlier that day. At some point, Ms. Blake got out of the pool and shortly thereafter was either pushed or fell into the deep end. According to the suit, the lifeguard was not qualified to watch the pool and was not able to see all areas of the water from his stand. The lifeguard initially could not find Ms. Blake because the water was too cloudy. The lifeguard had to put on goggles, according to the Complaint. The lifeguard pulled Ms. Blake from the water, but it was too late. He could not resuscitate her. It is alleged that the Defendants kept the pool in murky and unsafe conditions and that the complex failed to provide two or more lifeguards during busy hours.
Our personal injury law firm has experience in handling injury and death cases involving careless and negligent conduct not only in Virginia (VA), but throughout the Southeast, and we often must locate experts in whatever area of law is involved in each case, whether lifeguard training or duties, or any other area of expertise.
Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton personal injury law firm is based in Virginia practicing primarily in the southeastern U.S. and handles only injury law, including car, truck, railroad, and medical negligence cases and more. The firm's website is: www.hsinjurylaw.com , the firm edits two injury law blogs: Virginia Beach Injuryboard & Norfolk Injuryboard, and also hosts a video library covering many FAQ’s on personal injury subjects.
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