Maison Law stands beside families after they’ve lost a loved one in a drowning accident in Monterey and Monterey County. We help victims hold farm owners, businesses, and government agencies accountable when victims are allowed to swim in unsafe waters and without proper safety precautions. To find out how to hold at-fault parties fully accountable for their negligence in a drowning, contact a skilled Monterey personal injury lawyer and schedule a free consultation.
Should My Family Call a Lawyer After a Tragic Drowning Accident?
If someone’s negligence or a business’s mistake causes a drowning that claims a family member, it’s a good idea to talk to a Monterey drowning accident lawyer. Families will understandably be in distress and perhaps vulnerable after such a tragedy. Insurance companies for negligent property and business owners can take advantage of this and seek to provide far less than they should for their mistakes.
A Maison Law Lawyer provides a defense against the tactics of greedy insurers and can often secure more in support for families.
Nothing can bring back a lost loved one, but those responsible for a drowning should face justice. Close relatives left behind must also be supported as they deal with funeral costs and the loss of income the deceased may have provided. A lawyer can handle frustrating wrongful death claims and seek the maximum in support possible for close relatives. Maison Law lawyers want to deal with these details while giving families as much time to grieve in peace as possible.
Monterey Drowning Dangers
People come to Monterey to enjoy the water, whether that’s in the waves along the coast or in a pool at a hotel or resort. Locals and visitors may dig in at San Carlos Beach or Asilomar Beach and wade into the Pacific Ocean. They may enjoy a pool in their own backyards or a community pool at a condo or vacation home neighborhood.
Some families may drive into the mountains to enjoy spots along local rivers and lakes. These are great features of the beautiful region we live in, but the owners and operators of these beaches, ponds, and pools must take action to prevent near-drowning injuries and drowning tragedies.
When they create hazards or don’t remove the hazards that other visitors create, and someone drowns, at-fault parties can be held accountable. These are just some of the mistakes they can make that would leave them liable:
- Failure to supply enough lifeguards.
- Failure to train and supervise those lifeguards.
- Failure to provide safety devices and first aid for swimmers and disabled guests. This includes having adequate rescue boats available.
- Maintenance failure to keep pool drains and pumps safe for swimmers.
- A failure to clean up slip-and-fall hazards and repair trip-and-fall hazards on docks and around pools that might send someone into the water while unconscious.
- Failure to prevent overcrowding.
- Failure to put in place proper fencing and security measures to prevent unattended people from entering and suffering harm in dangerous rivers and hazardous sections of the ocean. This also applies to dangerous ponds and canals on local farms and orchards where young people might be tempted to trespass and swim.
- Failure to post warning signs about hazards in natural bodies of water like along rivers, ponds, and beaches. Signs about deep water, underwater obstructions, and strong currents. Rip current signs and no swimming signs.
- Failure to keep careless boaters away from swimmers.
- Failure to provide proper supervision to keep children safe.
When your loved one is hurt in a near drowning or is killed in a drowning, it can be hard for families to determine how to seek justice. In many cases, a legal expert is necessary to sort through liability and to collect the evidence necessary to hold those at-fault parties fully responsible. Your Monterey Drowning Accident Lawyer is a safeguard. Your attorney makes sure no one who contributed to a loved one’s harm gets to walk away without facing consequences and without providing support to family members left behind.
Who Can I Hold Responsible for a Drowning at a Pool?
Anyone whose negligence leads to a drowning can be held liable for the loss of life. That might be a hotel corporation that doesn’t provide lifeguards around pools. A condo management company could face liability for a tragic accident at a community pool.
Even local farmers can be held liable if they don’t restrict access to ponds and canals on their lands. This liability may come into play if a child can reach a farm pond and drown.
These are just a few of the potentially liable parties after a drowning in a pool or a natural body of water:
- Property owners such as a homeowner near the beach who create hazards that contribute to a drowning.
- Hotel and Resort Owners.
- Golf Course Owners.
- Business owners including tour boat operators, and others who contribute to unsafe conditions that result in drownings.
- Pier and dock owners and operators.
- City or County officials who operate beaches and provide lifeguards.
- Negligent boaters who strike swimmers in the water.
- Schools and Gyms that provide pools.
- Farm and Orchard Owners.
- State agencies such as the California Coastal Commission (CCC) might create hazards for swimmers or fail to properly warn visitors about hazards.
What Type of Support Is Available to Families After a Drowning in Monterey?
Nothing can bring back a precious loved one after a drowning, but the family members will still want to seek justice and protect themselves financially in the years ahead. A spouse and children of the victim can quickly face financial turmoil as bills for a funeral and burial come due. They’ll face the leftover medical bills and ambulance fees that could remain.
These and other financial burdens should not be the family’s worry, especially when an at-fault party is to blame for a tragic drowning incident.
A wrongful death lawyer demands support for the family’s current hardships and the difficulties that will arise in the years ahead:
- Totals on leftover medical bills and ambulance fees.
- Support to pay for funeral services and a burial.
- Reimbursement for the wages the victim can no longer contribute to the family in the years ahead.
- The emotional hardships a family endures and will continue to endure. Children must receive support for the love and guidance they’ll miss out on in the years ahead.
- Support for parents who lose the love and companionship of a child now and in the future.
- Cost of psychological counseling for family members to help them cope with the loss.
- Loss of consortium. (The lost support of a spouse or partner)
Your California wrongful death lawyer from Maison Law can represent the entire family in a wrongful death case. Your lawyer can handle the frustrating claims process while providing as little disruption to family members as possible during such a difficult time.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a Monterey Drowning Accident Attorney
After a careless drowning accident claims the life of a loved one, take action to seek justice from a negligent property owner or business owner. Contact the skilled Monterey Drowning Accident Lawyers at Maison Law, for a free consultation and case evaluation. It’s a no-risk way to find out how to keep a negligent party from avoiding blame and how to secure every benefit possible for your family after a tragedy.
And don’t worry about having the money to hire an attorney. Maison Law fights for the rights of families on a contingency basis. It means we don’t get paid unless we win the case for your family. Then our fee comes out of the settlement check or judgment your family receives.
