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  • Carbon Monoxide and Drowning Accidents

    Drowning accident lawyers and first responders have been aware of an increase in the number of drowning and near-drowning accidents that have occurred in indoor swimming pools and, in particular, accidents that occur while a pool water heater was in use. In this post our drowning accident lawyer discusses a recent drowning accident at a motel pool in Niles, MI, and the potential liability of ...
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  • Swimming Pool Fences, Gates, Alarms, and Liability

    Having a pool alarm is a good idea, but alarms don’t relieve the homeowner of the duty to protect others from accidental drowning There are many types of pool alarm systems available. These systems include pool gate alarms to alert a homeowner whenever a gate is opened after an alarm has been activated and alarms that detect motion in the pool water. The latter alarms are primarily marketed to ...
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  • Accidents from Improperly Trained Pool Staff

    It's already a risk for those who swim in public pools, for those that have a staff that's not trained properly it creates a danger that is so much larger. The Doan Law Firm fights for the rights of people who have been injured as a result of negligence , or for those who have lost a loved one, as well as overall to increase the safety in those that swim in private pools and public pools. Drowning ...
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  • Diving Board Drowning Accident and Drowning Lawyer

    An injury from a diving board accident occurs every single hour on every single day in the United States on the average summer's day. Over 6,500 children and young adults will be admitted into the hospital every single year, directly resulting from injuries sustained from a diving board accident. Injuries sustained from diving boards can lead to results that are catastrophic, including: Broken ...
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  • Katy Lifeguard Drowns in Pool at Recreation Center

    Regardless of who you are or how much swimming experience or training you have, the reality is that drowning accidents can happen to anyone—even lifeguards. Local news outlets have reported this week that 19-year-old lifeguard Dustin Kruthaupt, who worked at the Rosewood Recreation Center, drowned at the facility’s pool on Saturday, June 15, 2013. The recreation center is located in the Katy, ...
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  • Glenview Park District Pools Closed due to Drowning

    Last month a 4-year-old-boy was pulled from the Roosevelt Outdoor Pool by a lifeguard. According to witnesses the boy’s body was “lifeless and limp.” The boy died at a local hospital a short time after being pulled from the water. The boy was visiting the pool with 19 other children through a day care center camp. District officials have banned the summer camp groups from three pools following the ...
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  • Boy Drowns at Hotel Pool

    Reece Mitchell, 4, of Midland, Texas, was found at the bottom of the MCM Grandé Hotel FunDome pool in Odessa recently while surrounded by numerous other guests and accompanied by siblings and adult aunt, reports say. One of the boy's siblings noticed him at the bottom of the pool and pulled him out, reports say. CPR was performed on Reece and Emergency Services was summoned. The youngster was ...
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  • Woodhaven Country Club Drowning

    Emergency medical personnel were called to Woodhaven Country Club on June 24, 2011 to assist Keegan Adkins after he found unconscious in the swimming pool . Witnesses state the boy was pulled from the water and CPR was conducted on Keegan by emergency workers. Although the club does have lifeguards, it was unclear as to whether they were on duty at the time. Woodhaven's pool manager, Leslie ...
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  • Drowning Death an Accident

    The drowning death of a four-year-old boy in a backyard pool in Groton, Massachusetts over the Fourth of July weekend has been ruled an accident, reports say. The boy was pulled from the pool on Monday night, but the circumstances surround the accident were not released. His name was not made public either, reports say. EMS was summoned and the child was transported to Nashoba Valley Medical ...
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  • Woman's Drowning Possibly Ignored

    Officials are looking into the drowning which occurred in a Fall River public pool to determine if the six lifeguards on duty acted improperly. Initially unreported when this odd incident occurred, the story began when a boy evidently alerted lifeguards to the missing swimmer. The policies are reported to be clear that when a swimmer is reported missing, pool rules require lifeguards to ...
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  • Drowning Death of Toddler Ruled an Accident

    After Ayden Anderson, 22 months, of Bloomingdale, fell into a neighborhood swimming pool, EMS was summoned to the residence and crews performed resuscitation techniques as they transported him to Effingham Hospital. The child, who was reported as unresponsive the entire way to the hospital, was unresponsive to revival, and was pronounced dead at the hospital, reports say. Reports say an autopsy ...
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  • Obstruction Charges Possible for Woman Impeding Drowning Investigation

    Following the mysterious drowning death in Hollywood recently, a woman who was related faces obstruction charges after reports say police feel she impeded their investigation. The woman, Shakira Williams, 22, was charged with resisting-obstruction without violence following the death of Tyerra Anderson, 20, report say. Reports say Williams and Anderson were poolside at a Hollywood home recently ...
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  • CPR Keeps Judge's Son From Drowning

    A man trained as a paramedic performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on his two-year-old son and revived him after he was found floating lifeless in pool during a Fourth of July picnic. Reports say Judge Brad Stuart and his family were swimming at a private residence in an Ocobla community on the Fourth when, at about 2 p.m, the Stuarts' son, John Stuart, 2, was discovered floating in the pool. ...
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  • Area Reports Second Pool Death in Two Days

    A Chico, California man drowned in pool just two days after a first droning was reported just a short distance away in Tehama County. The man, identified by the Butte County Coroner's Office as Gary McKampson, 54, was found lifeless in the backyard pool by his mother, reports said. He had been in the pool alone. Emergency personnel tried to revive the man as he was transported to Enloe Medical ...
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  • Youth Dies in Public Pool

    A West Des Moines, Iowa younster died in a metro pool last month after being found floating face down. The Boy, Kaden Danielsm, was found face-down at the Valley View Aquatics Center on 81st Street when a pool patron reportedly bumping into Daniels, who was floating in the water. The patron turned Daniels over and realized that his face was purple and that he was drowning. After immediately ...
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  • Woman Drowns in Public Pool, Is Undiscovered for Two Days While Swimmers Pack Pool

    Police are continuing to investigate a drowning at a Veterans Pool at Lafayette Park in Fall River, Mass. that occurred last week. The discovery of her body two days later - even while swimmers were in the same pool with the dead woman - has police baffled. Pool experts were on hand at the pool to take water samples and to inspect the slide that apparently started the cascading sequence of events ...
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  • Death of toddler ruled a drowning

    The death of a toddler who died earlier this month after family members found her in a pool behind her North Charleston, S.C. home has been ruled an accidental drowning, reports say. 21-month-old Nora Flores died was pronounced dead from drowning about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 11 th , 2011 at Medical University Hospital. Even though Charleston County EMS failed to resuscitate the unconscious ...
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  • Toddler Victim of Near-Drowning Incident in Above-Ground Pool

    A Cottontown, Tennessee toddler who remained in the hospital as a near-drowning victim in above-ground pool earlier last month, was involved simply in an accident, reports say, and no foul play was suspected. The 3-year-old boy, whose name was not released, was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight helicopter after emergency services arrived at the scene of the ...
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  • Local Resident Suffers Near-Drowning in Stafford, TX

    While excercising in an LA Fitness swimming pool south of Houston, a 70-year-old woman was nearly drown , prompting a gym member to perform CPR and resuscitate her at the scene. After another swimmer saw the victim in distress, he pulled her from the water. Another gym member -- a registered nurse -- performed CPR on the victim, who was breathing but unconscious when Missouri City police arrived. ...
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  • School Trip Claims Drowning Victim

    Montreal Police are reportedly investigating a drowning that occurred at the popular Mont Saint-Sauveur Water Park late last month. When several attendants began screaming when they noticed a body in the water, officials scrambled to the scene and discovered a nine-year-old boy, who was found unconscious in the park's wave pool. Although lifeguards dove in to try to save him, even performing CPR ...
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  • Six-Year-Old DC Girl Drowns in Public Pool

    A six-year-old girl who was pulled from a public pool in Northeast Washington DC and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, died a day after the accident, reports say. An investigation at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Washington DC seeks to discover exactly what led to the drowning of the girl, whose name has not yet been released. Reports say that the six-year-old girl had ...
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  • Five-Year-Old Saved From Country Club Pool

    A five-year-old boy was saved from drowning in the club pool Wednesday at the Omaha Country Club by two members, reports say. The youth, Scottie Camero, was initially treated by the two club members, who were a doctor and a firefighter, until emergency services arrived. The boy, who was visiting the club with his parents, entered the adult swimming pool. He did not know how to swim. When a club ...
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