Swimming pool accidents can cause drownings, brain injuries, fractures, electrical injuries, and other life-altering harm. When inadequate barriers, poor maintenance, insufficient supervision, or another dangerous condition contributes to an accident, our Tucson premises liability lawyers can investigate the property owner’s responsibilities and identify every potentially liable party.
The Mercaldo Law Firm has advocated for injured people and grieving families throughout Arizona for more than 40 years. Call (520) 624-1400 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with a Tucson swimming pool accident lawyer.
Why Choose Us After a Tucson Swimming Pool Accident?
For over 40 years, the legal team at The Mercaldo Law Firm has been advocating for injury victims with deep compassion, including in pool accident cases. We bring the following advantages to your case:
- Decades of experience, knowledge, and resources behind your claim
- A hands-on legal approach for every client, with a personalized strategy meant to maximize the compensation you recover in your claim
- A history of exceptional results, with over $400 million recovered for our injured clients or surviving family members
We offer a free case consultation to injury victims and a contingency-based payment system, so you only pay for our legal services after we’ve recovered compensation for you in your claim.
Common Causes of Swimming Pool Accidents In Tucson
A swimming pool accident happens in an instant, but the effects can be long-term injury damages or even permanent loss. The most common causes of swimming pool accidents and drowning in Tucson and elsewhere include the following:
- Inadequate fencing or gates
- Failure to secure a gate
- Slippery pool deck surfaces
- Insufficient supervision or lack of lifeguards
- Failure to enforce pool rules
- Failure to mark pool depths
- Lack of signage
- Cluttered pool decks
- Diving accidents
- Drain entrapment
- Improper chemical content
- Damaged equipment or faulty pool lighting systems resulting in electrocution
Even private property owners must take reasonable measures to secure their pools by erecting adequate barriers. Arizona law establishes certain swimming pool enclosure requirements for qualifying residential pools, although exceptions and local ordinances may apply.
What Types of Accidents Happen In Tucson Pool Accident Claims?
Pools and slippery pool decks can cause serious injuries, including the following:
- Slip-and-fall accidents
- Drownings and near-drownings
- Diving accidents
- Entrapment
- Electrocution
Injuries such as traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) from slips, trips, and falls, and hypoxic brain injuries from near-drownings, as well as fractures, soft-tissue injuries, strangulations, and electrocutions, are the most common pool accident injuries.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) over 4,500 drowning deaths occur each year in the U.S., and drowning is the leading cause of death for children under age four.
Liability In Tucson Pool Accident Claims
Proving liability in a pool accident claim requires evidence that the at-fault party owed a duty of reasonable care to the injury victim, that they breached their duty through negligence, that the breach of duty directly caused the injury, and that the injury victim suffered damages from the injury.
In Arizona, property owners owe a duty of reasonable care to anyone on their property who is not trespassing or committing a crime. It’s also important to understand that the law considers a pool an “attractive nuisance” to a child trespasser. Failing to secure a pool with proper barriers could leave the property owner liable for damages even if a child was trespassing.
Damages In Tucson Pool & Drowning Accident Claims
No amount of compensation can bring back a lost loved one, but a successful pool injury or drowning claim recovers compensation for the injury victim or their closest surviving family member. Common damages recovered include the following:
- Reimbursement for medical expenses, future medical expenses, and out-of-pocket costs
- Lost earnings, future income loss, or diminished earning capacity
- Compensation for pain and suffering
- Catastrophic injury compensation for permanent impairment, scarring, or other permanent injury
If a swimming pool accident resulted in the loss of a loved one, our Tucson wrongful death lawyers can explain your family’s legal options under Arizona’s wrongful death law.
Contact Our Tucson Swimming Pool Accident Lawyers
Proving negligence and liability in a drowning accident claim is a challenging legal process requiring substantial evidence for a compelling case. Call the Mercaldo Law Firm at (520) 624-1400 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with our Tucson swimming pool and drowning accident lawyers.