CCD Law of Coeur d’Alene safeguards victims after they’ve been injured while using a pool. We also represent families who have lost a loved one in a tragic drowning. We hold pool owners, business owners, and in some cases, the City of Coeur d’Alene fully responsible for their negligence that leads to pool accidents. Contact a skilled pool accident attorney to get a free case consultation.
Swimming Pool Dangers in Northern Idaho
Visitors and Coeur d’Alene residents often seek out some swim time in local pools. People book nights at local hotels and resorts that feature exciting pools and slides. The Salvation Army Kroc Center in Coeur d’Alene welcomes guests into the aquatic center each day.
Local waterparks like Raptor Reef offer indoor year-round thrills, including a ride on The Constrictor waterslide. In the summer, families also race over to Boulder Beach water park at nearby Silverwood Theme Park to seek chills on Velocity Peak waterslide.
These locations and others are great vacation, staycation, and daycation hotspots in the Coeur d’Alene area, but they also carry with them injury and drowning risks. Families must keep safety in mind, but the owners of hotels, aquatic centers, and waterparks are also fully liable for any harm that comes to guests.
They must show a duty of care to all visitors. This means they must monitor for hazards their employees create and for dangers that other guests might cause. They must also make sure guests are aware of any potential dangers at an unattended pool or a steep waterslide.
These are just a few of the hazards that property and business owners can be held responsible for:
- Lack of lifeguards
- Lack of training for lifeguards and staff
- Negligent supervision for lifeguards and staff
- Lack of proper safety equipment like life preservers, defibrillators, and other anti-drowning devices
- Lack of warning signs
- Swimmers allowed to engage in risky behavior
- Reckless guests allowed to harm others
- Overcrowding allowed
- Unsafe chemicals
- Defective drains, pumps, or other pool parts.
- Malfunctioning hot tubs
- Hot water burns
- Cuts on bare skin on sharp edges and pool and slide features
- Broken slides and loose handrails on steps leading to rides
- Inadequate fencing or gates to keep people out of pools after hours
- Inadequate security to keep young people out after hours
- Slip-and-fall hazards around pools and in locker rooms
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Pool Injury or Losing a Loved One in a Drowning?
These and other acts of negligence can lead to deep cuts, broken bones, head wounds, and near-drowning injuries such as brain damage. If you are seriously hurt, it’s a good idea to speak to Coeur d’Alene Pool Accident Lawyer. You could need months or a lifetime of medical care after an accident.
Corporate lawyers and insurance adjusters for those at fault will fight hard to avoid having to accept liability for these costs. Your lawyer defends you against their shady tactics and conducts a full investigation into the cause of your accident. Then your attorney uses the evidence to secure the maximum in compensation available.
In the case of a tragic drowning, families can seek justice and potentially secure more in support to protect their futures by trusting a CCD Law Coeur d’Alene Drowning Accident Lawyer with their case. Your CCD Law representative has experience in standing up to business owners and large chains so they can’t leave you with funeral costs and worrying over your wellbeing in the years ahead.
Who is Responsible for Pool Drownings?
There may be more than one party liable for a pool-related injury or a death caused by a fall or drowning.
Your attorney would file claims against all parties that shared in the blame. That can include:
- Hotel and Resort owners
- Nonprofit agencies that operate pool facilities
- Corporate chains
- Landlords and Apartment Management Companies
- Waterpark owners
- Homeowners with private pools
- HOA in charge of community pools.
Homeowners and business owners are often fully responsible for near-drownings and drownings that occur, even while someone is trespassing. Pool owners and business owners must secure their pools so that curious children and teens can’t easily make their way past gates and get into pools unattended.
Compensation for Victims After Pools Injuries
Injured victims will need to demand full compensation for their medical care and any care expected to be needed in the years ahead. Families mourning the loss of a loved one will need enough support to ensure they don’t face financial turmoil years down the road. They should also receive support for the emotional loss they’ll continue to feel in the years ahead.
Your lawyer will be asking for these benefits and more in a settlement check for you and your family:
- Support for medical Bills (Past and Future).
- Potential lifetime costs of a physical disability, including home care and medical equipment expenses.
- Support for the physical pain patients endure.
- Support for the emotional trauma patients can experience. PTSD symptoms after a near-drowning and a loss of enjoyment of life if an injury keeps them from doing the things they love.
- Wages and benefits a patient loses while away from work.
- Wrongful Death Benefits for Families. Families can file a wrongful death claim and demand help with burial costs and paying leftover medical bills. A Coeur d’Alene wrongful death drowning attorney can help file this claim on behalf of the family. A lawyer would seek the maximum support available while allowing the family time to mourn. A skilled attorney would also make sure the income and guidance the loved one would have provided in the future also factor into a wrongful death settlement.
Contact a Coeur d’Alene Pool Accident Attorney
Speak with a Coeur d’Alene Swimming Pool Accident Lawyer at CCD Law about your case as soon as possible before evidence disappears and witnesses become hard to locate. Contact us to receive a free case consultation. It’s an easy way to find out how to hold negligent property and business owners accountable after an injury or heartbreaking drowning incident.
There’s no obligation and your case review is completely confidential. We want to stand by your family during this difficult time. CCD Law fights to see victims and families receive the support they need to rebuild their lives. We work with families from Northern Idaho and those who were on vacation from other states when an accident occurred.
If you feel we can help you secure more for your case, you won’t need any money to hire our services. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you and your family. Then our fee comes out of the settlement an at-fault party is forced to provide.
