Massachusetts Personal Injury Library
Common Child Injuries From Swimming Pool Accidents (Part B)
Drowning and pool equipment injuries are only two of the possible injuries children can sustain in swimming pool accidents.
A serious child accident in a swimming pool can devastate and completely change your child’s life. If your child has been injured by defective pool equipment in Massachusetts you should contact an experienced Boston child injury lawyer to determine liability and examine the full extent of your legal rights and options.
Electrocution Injuries
Electrocution is always a danger when children play in large bodies of water like swimming pools. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received reports of 60 fatalities and 50 injuries in swimming pool accidents linked to electrocution.
Electrocution is especially a problem in older pools, where aging wires or faulty lighting can cause a serious personal injury. The CPSC reports that a 14-year-old girl was killed when faulty underwater pool lights electrocuted her in a swimming pool.
Electrocution can cause death, as well as child injuries like electrical burns, heart attack and permanent brain damage.
Spinal Cord and Neck Injuries
Each year, a number of children also suffer spinal cord or neck injuries in diving accidents.
MomsTeam.com cites a study from the journal “Pediatrics,” which showed that diving accidents are quite common, especially among children visiting swimming pools in the summer. The study shows that 66% of diving injuries occur in children under 15.
Most diving accidents that cause spinal cord or neck injuries occur when children dive into a pool where the water is not deep enough. The child’s head can strike the bottom of the pool, breaking the neck or spinal cord and causing permanent paralysis. In fact, 90% of diving accidents result in paralysis.
When to Seek Legal Help
If your child has been injured in a Massachusetts swimming pool accident, call a child injury lawyer in your area right away.
When selecting a Boston child injury attorney, ask critical questions, such as:
- How long have you been practicing personal injury law in Massachusetts?
- Do you have experience with child accident cases in Boston, Massachusetts?
- What is the biggest settlement or verdict you have won for your clients in child injury accident cases?
For over 30 years the Kiley Law Group, located in Boston and Andover, Massachusetts, has fought on behalf of children.
Our child injury lawyers, lead by the “Million Dollar Man” and child injury attorney Thomas Kiley, take time when speaking with you about your child's injuries.
Mr. Kiley's firm works with you on a contingency basis, which means there are NO FEES unless our Boston child injury attorneys win your case.
Call now for a FREE legal evaluation of your case.
