Category Archives: Home-public pool safety standards

Diving C-spine injury case

I. Facts: 1. On July 11, 12 year old Je  broke his neck in a diving injury which took place in a back yard, above ground pool at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. De. At the time of the incident Je weighed approximately 190 pounds and was almost 6' tall. 2. Around 4:30 PM on the date of the accident, Je was at his ...
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Lifeguarding negligence case

In this case the lifeguards are clearly negligent in not properly observing the pool and not responding to requests for assistance from the patrons. I. Facts: 1. On 11/19, at approximately 1030 PM, 15 year old As died from drowning in the pool at Central Church. 2. As was a participant in an outing sponsored by Ce ...
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Pool drowning case

The following is my preliminary report in a typical pool drowning incident. In developing this preliminary report I reviewed information from police, medical and investigative files. 1. The victim,  CD, was a 14 year old, black male, 74 inches tall, weighing 215 pounds. According to Los AngelesPolice Dept. records, he ...
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Requests for case reviews

Hello- Welcome to the SASS Site! In my files I have hundreds of reports dealing with a complete range of aquatic litigation. The only aspect not touched upon is SCUBA. These reports include but are not limited to swimming/drowning, diving/cervical spine injuries, boating accident reconstruction/ collisions/prop strike...
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