San Diego Attorneys Handling Swimming Pool Accident Lawsuits
Swimming pools are part of our lives in Southern California, especially inland from the coast where the weather gets hot and residents don't have easy access to ocean breezes.
Sadly, swimming pools can also be deadly. Drowning and near-drowning incidents, as well as serious slip and fall accidents, happen all too frequently. Sometimes an accident at a swimming pool is just that — an accident. But other times, the incident may have been preventable. In such cases, questions may be raised about the victim's or the family's legal rights to seek financial compensation from the person or people responsible for the accident.
A Powerhouse Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Law Firm in San Diego
For many years, The McClellan Law Firm has been recognized as one of San Diego's leading personal injury law firms. Our team is led by AV Peer Review Rated* trial attorney Craig R. McClellan, who was the first San Diego personal injury lawyer to be admitted into the Inner Circle of Advocates. This organization is an elite legal association of the top 100 personal injury lawyers in the United States.
Our history and our past successes give us access to the necessary resources to investigate and litigate complicated personal injury and wrongful death cases, including drowning incidents that occur at swimming pools, in hot tubs and at public and private beaches. Scenarios with which we are familiar include:
- Slip and fall injuries caused by unsafe surfaces around pools or by lack of proper supervision
- Drowning deaths that occur due to lack of proper supervision or lack of safety and rescue equipment
- Serious injury to a child occurring due to lack of child safety alarms, pool covers or proper barriers around the pool
- Drowning or catastrophic injury due to unsafe pool drains
- Drowning deaths caused by "boating while drunk" or other boating accidents caused by reckless disregard of safety regulations
- Swimming pool and diving board accidents that result in major head trauma or spinal cord injury — changing a person's entire future in one instant
Meet Our Team and Schedule a Free Case Evaluation
To find out how our strong and aggressive team of attorneys and staff can help you and your family protect your legal rights after a serious swimming pool accident, contact The McClellan Law Firm to make an appointment.
