A 6-year-old child drowned at a community swimming pool with 4 Lifeguards on duty. The child had been left unattended for several minutes in the shallow end of the pool while her guardian was in the locker room with another...
Two children, ages 9 and 11, gained access to one of the swimming pools at an apartment complex in the middle of the afternoon on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. The children were not residents of this apartment complex,...
A 33-year-old military man drowned in a community swimming pool during a family retreat sponsored by the Navy. While his wife and children were preparing lunch, the man was seen swimming laps underwater in the pool while the two Lifeguards...
A 6-year-old child drowned at a community swimming lake run by the city Parks and Recreation Department with 8 Lifeguards on duty. Two unattended Asian-speaking 6-year-old children had been left at the lake by their father. Both children were playing at...
An 11-month-old child, under the supervision of her mother and grandmother, wandered away from her apartment and fell into the apartment complex swimming pool. Several minutes later, the grandmother found her in the pool, removed her and administered CPR until...
A 23-year-old Canadian woman broke her neck when she dove into the shallow section of swimming pool at a resort in Jamaica. When she hit the bottom and floated to the surface, she was able to turn herself over onto...
A 7-year-old child drowned in a community swimming pool operated by the Parks and Recreation Department with two Lifeguards on duty. The child was last seen diving off the diving board when he began to choke and struggle in the...
A 48-year-old man drowned in the deep end of his apartment complex pool. Two Lifeguards were on duty at the time. Neither Lifeguard was in the elevated Lifeguard stands, but rather, were sitting at the table in the shallow end...
On March 26, 1998, a Navy Seal who was training for the U.S. Free Diving Team, approached the two Lifeguards on duty at a municipal swimming pool and explained he was training to hold his breath for a prolonged period...
On June 10, 1997, a 5-year-old child drowned at the swimming pool owned and operated by the City of Nitro, West Virginia. The child came into distress and subsequently suffered the physical and neurological trauma associated with a near-drowning as...
Author: by Gerald M. Dworkin Date: 7/16/00 An adult male drowned when his boat capsized and his automatic inflatable life jacket failed to deploy. The victim had been fishing in a small boat with a companion. When they cast their lines out, the...
An adult male drowned in this apartment complex swimming pool in the presence of other patrons. There was no lifeline separating the deep end from the shallow end. The man crossed over the transition point and lost his footing because...
A 15-year-old female drowned in a resort swimming pool when she went swimming unattended. No Lifeguard was on duty, but signs clearly indicated such. Her body was found by maintenance personnel while they were walking through the facility. CPR was...
On the evening of April 6, 1997, Robert, a 16-year-old high school student, was swimming at the ABC Hotel swimming pool in San Antonio, TX. Robert was at the hotel as part of his High School Band Field Trip and...
13-year-old child drowns during a High School Physical Education Swim Class After 30 minutes of instruction, the physical education class was given 10 minutes of recreation swim time which was supervised by the Physical Education teacher. At the conclusion of the...
On July 14, 1996, at approximately 4:30 PM, 21-year-old Malcolm Widdle attended George's Lake, along with members of his family, with the intention of swimming and picnicking. The group arrived in two vehicles and consisted of Ralph, Malcolm, Robert, their...
Responding Police, Fire and Rescue Agency personnel fail to initiate rescue efforts. During the early morning of May 3, 1998, at approximately 12:15 AM,, 2 college students entered the lake located on their college campus while other friends looked on. The...
On August 22, 1996, Mary Ann King and Lauren Walker took their three children to Lake Cheshire to have a picnic and to go swimming. The children were instructed to stay within the "swimming area" in water roughly to their...
Author: By Shannon O'Boye, Sun-Sentinel Date: February 1, 2003 One hundred million dollars is a lot of money, but not if the price is your child. That's what Lorri Hinton said Friday, one day after a Broward County jury ordered the owners...
During the evening of June 18, 1999, a family of two parents and their two children went to the Woodrow Wilson High School swimming pool for family swim night. During the family swim activities, the 10-year-old child repeatedly used the...
On June 8, 2001, 11-year-old Bridgette Evans attended an end-of-the-year picnic for the 5th grade of her elementary school at the local YMCA. Approximately 100 students attended, along with 5 teachers and 5 parent/chaperones. The YMCA has an outdoor swimming pool that is L-shaped...
Egbert, et al. vs. Tuscany Townhomes, et al. On or about Wednesday, October 3, 2001, 2-year-old Kaleb Egbert wandered away from his mother, Amber Egbert, while walking behind the Tuscany Townhomes. Mrs. Egbert had been supervising Kaleb and another child and...
EDWIN & PAULA RODAS AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF JAVIER RODAS GARRIDO V. DOC INVESTORS, LLC. ET. AL. On Sunday, June 17, 2001, Javier A. Rodas Garrido had been a guest at a party at the Villages at Deerwood...
Estate of Christopher Branch v. YMCA of Greater Louisville 6-year-old Christopher Branch was enrolled in an evening Pizza Pool Party at the YMCA of Greater Louisville on July 13, 1996. Two lifeguards were on duty at the time of the incident....
