{"id":1359,"date":"2019-07-22T19:21:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T19:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2025-09-24T01:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:52:14","slug":"p15958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/p15958\/","title":{"rendered":"Pool Accidents &amp; Liability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>School is out, the sun is out, and summer vacation is here. As the days get hotter and the little ones start to build up all that energy, you may consider taking them to the neighborhood pool or to your friend\u2019s house with a private pool. It\u2019s a general rule that you should never leave a child unattended while swimming, but accidents can still happen. In fact, drowning is the second-leading <a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmphiladelphia.com\/wrongful-death-in-construction-accidents\/\">cause of accidental injury-related death<\/a> among children ages 1-14.  <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmphiladelphia.com\/philadelphia-swimming-pool-safety-liability\/\">Liability for swimming pool<\/a> accidents depends on the premises liability law of your state. Commonly, all pools must be reasonably safe for its anticipated use but still, pool owners can be held liable when a visitor or swimmer is injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Private Pool Liability<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Owners of private pools have a duty to warn social guests of\nany dangers that are not open and obvious. In addition, they can be legally\nliable for injuries to children if they are not adequately supervised or if\nthere is no barrier, such as a pool cover or a fence, to stop a child from\ngoing into the pool without supervision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Public Pool Liability<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Like owners of a private pool, owners of a public pool have\na duty to reasonably maintain the pool and repair any potential hazards. A\npublic pool owner may also be held liable for failing to provide emergency\nsafety equipment or for a lack of adequate supervision (lifeguards). Many\nstates have specific regulations regarding equipment, supervision, and hidden\ndanger warnings. If any of these regulations required by law are ignored or not\nup to par, negligence may be created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swimming is a great Summer activity to get rid of some of\nthat extra energy and to stay cool. However, safety should be the number one\npriority, whether you are a pool owner or a patron. If you or someone you loved\nis involved in a swimming pool accident due to negligence, contact one of our\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cochranfirmphiladelphia.com\/\">personal injury lawyer<\/a> at The\nCochran Firm Philadelphia today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School is out, the sun is out, and summer vacation is here. As the days get hotter and the little ones start to build up all that energy, you may consider taking them to the neighborhood pool or to your friend\u2019s house with a private pool. It\u2019s a general rule that you should never leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Pool Accidents & Liability in Philadelphia","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/philadelphia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}