Posts tagged drowning

• Pool Safety Tips for Summer

  Ed Normand | June 03, 2011 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  According to the Florida Department of Health, studies from 2001-2005 suggest that the state averages 465 deaths per year from unintentional drowning. Similar studies suggest that Florida ranks in...

• Summer's Over But Drowning Dangers Still Loom In Your Home

  Sandy Grinnell | October 14, 2009 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As we prepared for hot summer days and fun in the pool last June, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) reminded parents of ways to keep their children safe from drowning around pools and...

• Mother And Child Drown in Jacksonville Pool

  Eddie Farah | July 09, 2009 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  There are many questions surrounding the drowning death of a young mother and her baby in an Arlington community pool on Wednesday. Tiffany Sue Cecconi, 18, and her 18-month-old daughter, Kaylani,...

• Three-Year-Old Dies In Lake City Pool As Swim Season Begins

  Eddie Farah | May 21, 2009 6:29 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A three-year-old child drowned Sunday afternoon, May 17, in a swimming pool in the back yard of a home in Lake City. He was scooped from the pool and taken to a local hospital where was pronounced...

• Second Tragic Drowning in Central Florida in Just 5 Days

  Sandy Grinnell | March 23, 2009 2:47 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The temperature in Florida pools hasn't even begun to rise and we have had the second toddler drowning in just 5 days. A 4 year-old Lakeland girl was found in a swimming pool at

• Toddler's Drowning Warns Us of Dangers of Swimming Pools

  Sandy Grinnell | March 19, 2009 6:28 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The tragic drowning death of an Orange County toddler yesterday causes us to once again focus on the dangers of an unprotected pool. According the Orlando Sentinel, there were 441 deaths by...

• New Pool Drain Covers Mandated Nationwide By Friday

  Eddie Farah | December 18, 2008 11:19 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Beginning Saturday, pools and spas that do not have the required anti-drowning drain covers could be forced to close down. The improved safety system was passed by Congress last year and pool and...

• Hidden Dangers in Pools

  Ed Normand | August 18, 2008 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Almost 3 out of 4 pools in the United States have drain covers without shut off valves. This is a severe danger because children can get trapped in the drainage system and drownded. What happens is...

• Tips On Saving Children From Drowning

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2008 5:54 PM | 1 CommentTallahassee, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  The Southwest Florida Drowning Prevention Committee wants to share some safety tips to help protect children from drowning this summer. They believe that every family that owns a pool should have...

• Toddler drowning death in Lee County Again!

  Joseph Bernardo | May 02, 2008 2:02 PM | 3 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A young boy tragically died in a pool April 30th here again in Lee County. This is the third child that has drowned in a pool in Fort Myers and Cape Coral in just the last two(2) weeks. What is...