Posts tagged Pool Accidents

• 1 Year-Old Drowns in Neighbors Swimming Pool

  Jeremy Thurman | September 01, 2009 4:02 PM | 2 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Newsok.com is reporting that a 1 year-old Oklahoma City boy has drowned in a neighbor’s above ground pool. Our prayers are with the family during this awful time. This should reinforce to...

• Tips on Avoiding Pool Accidents While Vacationing on the Outer Banks

  Jim Lewis | July 03, 2009 1:38 PM | 2 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Part of a great vacation on the Outer Banks usually involves swimming at a pool. Whether the pool is at is at a condo, hotel, or house there are some things to keep in mind. Although a...

• Eighty Percent of Pools Not in Compliance with New Safety Law

  Beth Janicek | January 27, 2009 7:53 PM | 1 CommentSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The majority of all public swimming pools are in violation of a new federal safety rule aimed at preventing people from becoming trapped in underwater drains. The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa...

• Summertime Swimming

  Beth Janicek | December 17, 2008 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It is a classic pastime for much of the country but what most people don't realize is some of the inherent dangers built into the actual swimming pools. Alan Korn, public policy director of...

• Prevent Drowning Deaths This Fourth Of July

  Rob McKinney | July 03, 2008 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  As our great country celebrates it's birthday tomorrow , please be careful around the pools and lakes. This year alone Tennessee has been shocked at the drowning deaths of two children in...

• Colin Holst, 4 Remembered After his Tragic Drowning at Life Time Fitness

  Jesse Guerra | June 16, 2008 5:21 PM | 37 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Wrongful Death
  

  According to an article in the Austin American Statesman, Colin Holst might have been only 4 years old, but he could run like the wind. Words by his father described him as having the endurance...

• Pool Yard Enclosures and Pool Safety

  Jesse Guerra | May 23, 2008 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Chapter 757 (Pool Yard Enclosures)  TXDHSS 265.200(b) of the Texas Health and Safety Code requires pool gates and doors to be "SELF-CLOSING and SELF-LATCHING".  In plain english, a gate must close...

• Man Drowns at Padre Isles Golf Course in Corpus Christi, Texas

  Jesse Guerra | September 20, 2007 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A 36 year-old man drowned yesterday, September 19, 2007 while diving for golf balls.According to police, he was found dead at the scene at the bottom of a pond on the fourth hole of the golf course. He was found two hours after he was reported missing. The man had been diving for golf balls with his cousin and both were working for a Houston based company at the time of the drowning. Police...

• Wrongful Death Suit filed against Port Royal Condominium Owners' Association

  Jesse Guerra | September 18, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsBrownsville , TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Corpus Christi police said there appears to be no foul play in the drowning of a 16 year-old-girl who died while swimming at the Port Royal Condominium Pools on Mustang Island on May 04, 2007.Toynelle Bailey was reported missing around 5:30 p.m. by her friends and her body was found in the deep end at around 7:30 p.m. Toynelle was in town with fellow band mates from Houston and was scheduled to...

• Wrongful Death Suit filed against Port Royal Condominium Owners' Association

  Jesse Guerra | September 18, 2007 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Corpus Christi Police said there appears to be no foul play in the drowning of a 16 year-old girl who died while swimming at the Port Royal Ocean Resort Condominium Pools on Mustang Island on May 04, 2007.Toynelle Bailey was reported missing around 5:30 p.m. by her friends and her body was found in the deep end around 7:30 p.m. Toynelle was in town with fellow band mates from Houston and was...