SWIMMING POOL AND PLAYGROUND ACCIDENTS CAN END IN COMPENSATION OF DAMAGES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS—CONTACT VALLEJO LAWYERS FOR FREE CONSULTATION (Part 1 of 2)

Although places like the playground and swimming pools are great for entertaining children and adults alike, they still have tremendous risk and danger involved. Children can easily drown in swimming pools if they are not properly supervised, or if they are not taught about safety precautions around the pool. It may seem as though playgrounds only pose a limited amount of danger, like falling from the monkey bars or the swings, there are a lot of hidden dangers that parents don’t think about. For example, children can fall down a slide and sustain brain injuries.

A Vallejo boy was pulled from the water in Contra Loma Regional Park near Antioch on September 27, 2009. The boy, Brian Vargas, had arrived at the park with his family and immediately went into the water. Seconds later, the lifeguards found him floating in the water. They made attempts to revive him but he later died at the hospital. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are approximately 3,582 fatal unintentional drowning each year. More than one in four of these fatalities are children under the age of 14. Males are also four times more likely to drown than females.

Swimming%20Pool4.jpg In order to be successful in a personal injury lawsuit involving swimming pools, the person who sustained the damage (or his family if he passed away as a result of the accident) will have to show that the person who owns the pool was negligent in some way. For example, the owner failed to put warning signs around the pool, or improperly maintained life guards on the premises. In order to find out if you can recover for your situation, call Greenberg & Rudman LLP now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation. Visit www.alawpro.com to find out more about other personal injury lawsuits.