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A swimming pool company president has been charged with second degree murder for the drowning death of a 6-year-old child. The boy was in the pool when his arm became trapped by the suction on the drain pump. The Shoreline Pools President allegedly recklessly caused the death after failing to have Shoreline install mandatory safety devices when the company built the pool for the child’s family. Police claim that those safety devices would have prevented the accident. In that past 23 years, more than 150 people have been injured or died as a result of pool drain entrapments. Read more here.

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A landscaper from Illinois died this week after drowning in a pond. The man, Hugo Mercado, 23, was working at Well Manufacturing in Woodstock, Illinois when he apparently fell in a pond on the property. At 4:45 p.m. on Monday, police and paramedics were called to the location and found his body floating face down in the pond. Mercado was known to have had a seizure disorder, but it is not clear whether that played a role in his drowning. While Mercado was working in the yard and fell into a pond, summer time may entail increased numbers of drownings as pools are used more frequently. To read more about Mercado’s death, click here.

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In a recent wrongful death lawsuit, a jury awarded over $4 million to the family of a boy that drowned in a country club pool. The pool management company was found negligent for failing to adequately staff the pool and train lifeguards properly. The couple could appeal because their state caps wrongful death cases at $1.3 million so the pain and suffering of their 5-year-old son was dismissed. Parents are often forced to fight for justice for their children when they are injured, and swimming pool related injuries are one of the most common types.

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