Pool season is getting underway in Las Vegas, and you can find a pool at most hotels in the area. Whether you go for a lively pool party or a more relaxed family swim experience, swimming pool accidents can happen quickly, and many go unnoticed until it is too late and the victims drowns or has a near-drowning experience that results in permanent injuries. Children are particularly at risk in crowded swimming pools. Hotels have a duty to maintain safe conditions and can be held liable for swimming pool accidents that occur as a result of their negligence. If you or someone you love has been seriously injured in a hotel swimming pool accident, talk to an experienced Las Vegas premises liability attorney right away.
Hotel Swimming Pool Accidents and Injuries
Although we typically think of drowning and near-drowning when we think of swimming pool accidents, there are number of ways in which adults and children can be injured in and around swimming pools including:
- Slip and fall on the pool deck
- Diving board injuries
- Pool drain entrapment
- Electrocution
- Infections
- Injuries from pool chemicals
- Broken bones and fractures
- Lacerations
- Head and brain injury
- Brain injury from near drowning
- Dry drowning
Causes of Hotel Swimming Pool Accidents
Hotel swimming pool accidents can occur for a number of reasons, many resulting from hotel negligence. Examples include:
- Unreasonably slippery walking surfaces, including swimming pool deck
- Crack, holes and other defects in the deck
- Inadequate pool cleaning
- Inappropriate mixture or levels of cleaning agents
- Inadequate warnings, such as depth markers
- Structural defect in pool
- Sharp edges inside pool
- Loose tiles
- Improper pool drain system
- Missing safety equipment
- Lack of adequate lifeguard
- Undertrained lifeguard
- Lifeguard inattention
- Overcrowded pool
- Missing, damaged, or malfunctioning gates
- Inadequate maintenance leading to electrical hazards
- Attacks by other swimmers
- Failure to call for medical assistance when needed
While the larger hotels may have full time lifeguards on duty, many smaller hotels do not. Parents should always supervise their children while in the water, even if a lifeguard is present.
To learn more about compensation for you Las Vegas hotel swimming pool injuries, call Adam Smith Law at 702-929-2289 or contact us online today.
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