Near Drowning
Pool Submersion

Spa Submersion

Brain Damage • Brain Injury 

There are many instances where instead of a drowning death, a near-drowning event occurs.  Near drowning occurs when the child or adult is under water for an extended period, often losing consciousness after the lungs begin to fill with water.

This near-drowning event, while even temporary or lasting only a few moments, can lead to oxygen deprivation. This oxygen deprivation, in turn, can lead to brain damage or brain injury.

Unfortunately, such brain injury is often irreversible, leading the pool victim to lapse into a coma or vegetative state.  Sadly, death results when artificial means of life support are shut down by medical personnel and the family.

How Can Near Drowning Events Occur?

Submersion can occur in several circumstances:

• inexperienced swimmer
• inattentive lifeguard
• negligent lifeguard
• child swimmer who is mistakenly submerged or towed under the surface by an inexperienced swimmer or non-swimming child
• pool owner inattention
• pool owner negligence
• lack of supervision
• drain cover entrapment
• spa drain entrapment
• pool drain suction
• spa drain suction

There are, of course, other circumstances which can lead to near-drowning and resulting brain damage.

You can take action.  Seeking damages for the cost of medical treatment, hospitalization, innovative medical treatments and therapies, rehabilitation, pain and suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life are several forms of compensation that may be available to your family.

Importantly, your efforts, if successful, may also likely lead to prevention of such personal injury and wrongful death occurring to other families.

Contact us for a free and confidential consultation.

Contact the Harris Law Firm

We're here to serve families who have suffered serious injury or wrongful death as the result of a swimming pool accident, span drain entrapment, pool drain entrapment, diving accident, drowning accident, or other pool related injury.

Contact us today to assess your circumstances.

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