Posts tagged pool

• Private Pools and Young Children Don't Mix Well

  Ed Normand | June 08, 2011 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  According to orlandosentinel.com, a two and one half year old toddler drowned in a family pool in Clermont while visiting the owners of the pool from out of state. The homeowner found the toddler...

• 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...

• Ten Ways the National Health Bill Will Matter: 3. Extended Coverage for Adult Children

  Ed Normand | March 24, 2010 11:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Many Americans are questioning how the new Health Bill will affect them. Continuing in the series of Ten Ways the National Health Bill Will Matter: #3: Extended Coverage for Adult Children. Under...

• 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...

• Drowning Death of Toddler in Lee County Update

  Joseph Bernardo | May 04, 2008 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsFt. Myers, FL Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  I received an important and insightful response to my May 2 post on this subject. These events do occur to even the most careful and caring parents. It takes so little time for a child to be in...