Santa Clara County Personal Injury Lawyers
Every year, hundreds of people in our state are hurt in recreational accidents. The most common accidents occur in water — swimming pool accidents resulting in drowning or near-drowning, hot tub scalding or drowning, and diving accidents resulting in spinal cord injury. These can occur in private pools, apartment or condo complex pools, water parks and government-operated municipal pools.
While recreational activities always carry some degree of danger, it is the responsibility of the pool owner or operator to take all necessary precautions to ensure safety. Those precautions include having safety equipment next to the pool, ensuring pool security with fencing or locked doors, making sure equipment is functional and water quality is good.
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If your child or family member suffered a disabling injury or died in a swimming pool accident, contact a San Jose injury lawyer at Hinkle, Jachimowicz, Pointer & Emanuel. We have more than 30 years of experience investigating and proving liability in premises liability cases. We can help you get the compensation you deserve.
Were You Injured While Swimming, Biking, Skiing, Horseback Riding or Boating?
In addition to swimming pool accidents and injuries, we have handled recreational accident cases involving bicycle accidents, horseback riding accidents, ski accidents and boating accidents. While dangerous property conditions can play a part in many of these types of accidents, so can poor staff training, lack of safety equipment, poor signage and poor management of programs.
- We have brought suit against property owners for failing to secure and maintain hot tub and swimming pool areas. A broken lock or inadequate fencing can allow children to enter a pool area unsupervised.
- Failing to have proper safety equipment in place is a common problem for many pools.
- Recent problems with pool drains have caused many pool owners to replace their drain systems. Failing to do so when there is a known defect could increase a property owner's liability.
- We have brought suit against government agencies and municipalities, including suing a city for unsafe drinking water in public fountains.
- Our firm brought a case against lifeguards who neglected the safety of a handicapped person in their care, resulting in a near-drowning when the tide came in.
Do not lose your right to sue. There is a statute of limitations for every kind of personal injury case. If your case is against a government entity, the time for bringing your claim is much shorter. We can explain the requirements for your case when you call.
By filing a claim quickly, you protect your rights. Contact our San Jose law office today to speak directly with a swimming pool accident attorney about your personal injury case or wrongful death claim. All of our fees for swimming pool injury cases are contingency-based — this means you pay no attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you.
For a free consultation, call 408-217-0356.
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