Recent Posts in Pool Accidents Category
Posted on Feb 6, 2013 By The Doan Law Firm, P.C.
In 2012, 74 children died through drowning in the State of Texas. These tragic accidents took place in hot tubs, at pools, lakes, ponds, beaches, both on public and private property. There is no more ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Emergency crews have been credited with saving the life of a two-year-old boy after he nearly drowned in a backyard pool in Providence, RI earlier this month. Firefighters had been called to the ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Just three weeks after a child nearly drowned at a South Carolina water park, another child was also rescued. Rescuers were called to Otter Creek Waterpark earlier this month after a two-year-old girl ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Eight-year-old Jesus Lara noticed a toddler in the water in his Plano apartment and assumed somebody trying to see how long they could go under water without breathing. But then he saw the bubbles ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
Reports say police are investigating the drowning death of an 8-year-old boy at a New Castle County home pool. Reports say Aiysir Bess was riding his bike in the back yard of the house when he crashed ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
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 ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
A man was rescued from drowning in a hotel swimming pool recently, but swift action and EMS response saved the man. The accident, which occurred at the a Saturday just before 5 P.M. at the Best Value ...
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Posted on Jun 12, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
A Phoenix toddler died after being found in a backyard pool in west Phoenix recently. Reports say the toddler found his way into the backyard pool through an unlocked doggie door. Reports say ...
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Posted on Jun 9, 2011 By Houston Personal Injury Attorney
The mother of a woman killed in the September 11th attacks was hospitalized recently from a near-drowning in a swimming pool in Orange County California's Rancho Santa Margarita, reports say. The ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2010 By Injury Lawyer
A two-year-old child almost drowned in a backyard pool earlier this month as the mother's boyfriend, who was watching the infant at the time, walked away to talk on his cell phone, reports say. The ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
A 16-year-old Huntington Beach girl is recovering in the hospital after nearly drowning while drinking alcohol in an apartment complex pool, say reports. The pool accident occurred earlier this month ...
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Posted on Aug 5, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
Two 6-year-old Muskegon Heights, Michigan children, died around noon on Mother's Day after slipped into a partially full, abandoned swimming pool located behind a vacant home in Muskegon Heights, ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2010 By Personal Injury Lawyer
A 2-year-old boy was in critical condition after reports say he was found in a backyard pool in an Upper Valley neighborhood outside El Paso, Texas last month. The toddler was hospitalized in critical ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
A six-year-old boy who almost drowned in a swimming pool Saturday was critical after a near drowning in Newark, Ohio last month. Warren Meredith, the six-year-old, was flown to Children's Hospital in ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
A date has been set for a formal inquest into how two teenagers died at a Darlington Pool earlier this month. The inquest revolves around the deaths of Timquan McAllister, 13, and Justin McKay, 13, ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2010 By Injury Attorney
Muskegon County, Michigan officials removed the siblings of two children who drowned last month from the custody of their parents, reports say. Two children, Ya'Mesha Mitchell and Torrey Day, slipped ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2010 By Injury Attorney
An Ontario, Canada toddler drowned in a backyard pool in Kitchener, Ontario, according to reports. The toddler, just short of his third birthday, drowned while supervision was close at hand, reports ...
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Posted on Jun 18, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
An Ohio man was found dead in a backyard pool after police and fire crews were called by the victim's stepdaughter, said reports. The 16-year-old girl had pulled the victim to the side of the ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2010 By Personal Injury Attorney
A Glendale, Arizona family and students at a local high school are grieving the loss of 16-year-old Jesus "Jesse" Prado, who drowned at the school pool last month. The Ironwood sophomore died May ...
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