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Boating and Swimming Accidents

Most swimming pool accidents and injuries happen because of improperly designed and constructed pools, failure to properly secure a pool from small children, construct a gate or a fence, and failure to maintain the swimming pool in good condition.

If you have been injured in a pool, or your property is damaged in a boating accident, you may be entitled to money for your injury and/or property damage, as well as for time missed from work, including pain and suffering.

Tips

• Don't overload your boat (the maximum number of people your boat can hold is the length X width divided by 15)
• Make sure each person on your boat is wearing a PFD (personal flotation device, or lifejacket)
• Check the weather conditions before you go boating
• Be careful with your fuel supply—use 1/3 going out, 1/3 coming back, and keep 1/3 as a reserve
• If you're boating at night, make sure your boat is lit properly
• Watch out for other boaters and cross-wakes
• Do not operate a boat if you have consumed alcohol
• If you own a pool, make sure small children can't get into it by putting up a fence or a gate
• Your pool should be properly constructed and installed
• If you are using a pool, be careful of slippery surfaces
• Most importantly, watch your children

You know what to do... Contact Dressler Strickland immediately after a boating accident or swimming accident so you can be advised of your legal rights.

DID YOU KNOW?

• 300 children under age of five die and 2,000 more children under age five visit hospital emergency rooms for water-related and swimming injuries every year

• A child can drown in the time it takes to answer a phone. 77% of the victims had been missing from sight for only five minutes or less.*

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* Source: ezinearticles.com How to Protect Your Kids at the Pool

If you or a family member have been injured, contact Dressler Strickland 860 24/7-1122 immediately after an accident to be advised of your legal rights.

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