Law Firm Focusing Swimming Pool Injuries

Swimming Pool Injury Attorney

Because negligent maintenance of a swimming pool can cause serious personal injury, even death.

Statistics and Tips

According to the National Safety Counsel, children under the age of four have a higher rate of drowning than any other age group.

Approximately 300 children in this age group drown in home swimming pools annually.

In 2002, 2700 teenagers were treated in US emergency room for drowning-related incidents.

Drowning claims the lives of approximately 3000 people annually in the United States.

According to the American Institute for Preventative Medicine, drowning is the fourth leading cause of accidental death in the United States and 4,000 annually.

Drowning is the primary cause of death in and around swimming pools. Diving accidents, chemical burns, and equipment malfunction such as diving board incidents, slide issues, and walking surface related issues can also cause serious injury, even death.

What should you do if someone you love has drowned or been seriously injured at a pool?

Make sure someone is responsible for taking the name and phone number of every person who witnesses the incident.

Take photographs of the area in both wide and near angles.

Get as many names and phone numbers of employees as will cooperate.

Take photographs of the signage in and around the facility, any and all warning signs, or lack thereof.

Take photographs of anything believed to have contributed to the injury or death of your loved one.

Contact an experienced attorney who can assure all the proper and necessary investigation is done before evidence is lost, tampered with or corrected.

The Shefman Law Group does not discriminate against any person based on any age, race, religion, class, gender, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, profession, or political affiliation. We are a woman owned law firm. Northern, Southern California, and Central Texas Swimming Pool Accident Injury and Wrongful Death Attorney: San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Napa, Chico, Ukiah, Redding, Crescent City, Yreka, Oakland, Alameda, Lafayette, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Martinez, Brentwood, Antioch, Concord, Stockton, Modesto, Fremont, San Jose, Salinas, Visalia, Bakersfield, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Redland, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Riverside, Ontario, Oceanside, San Diego, and surrounding counties.

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