Pennsylvania Swimming Pool Injuries
Thousands of adults suffer severe injuries and death each year as a result of swimming accidents. Every year more than 1,000 children die in swimming related accidents.
Owners of private backyard pools have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for adults and children. A posted sign such as "swim at your own risk" is not enough to protect adults and children from suffering serious injuries or drowning deaths. Public pools and hotel/motel pools are also subject to the same guidelines.
Most swimming pool injuries occur because of dangerous or improperly designed pools, poor supervision of small children, and lack of maintenance. The following are some swimming safety tips that may help prevent serious and possibly fatal swimming related injuries:
- Make sure that all people who will be in the pool are knowledgeable in pool safety.
- Never allow anyone to enter the water unless a responsible person is accompanying them.
- Insist that adults supervise their own children at all times while swimming.
- Ensure that everyone in your household learns how to swim.
- Never swim while intoxicated.
- Enforce strict pool rules.
- Install proper pool safety precautions, such as a tall lockable fence and durable pool cover.
If you have been injured in a swimming pool accident in Pennsylvania, you may be able to file a premises liability claim against the owner of pool. As the victim, it is your responsibility to prove the owner was negligent, that that negligence caused an injury and that damages occurred as a result. Premises liability laws are complex and require the know-how of a Pittsburgh personal injury attorney with experience handling serious swimming injury and drowning death cases.
If your or a loved one has suffered from a drowning injury or death, please fill out the form on your left for a free case review by a Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer.
