Daily Archives: December 2, 2011 - 3 results

For a kid, there’s nothing quite like a day at he pool on a hot summer day. But the fun-in-the-sun can turn turn tragic, though. Someone drowns everyday, and sadly, it’s usually preventable. That’s when someone needs to be held accountable.     There are thousands of unintentional drowning deaths each year. Most victims are under 14 years old A jury recently awarded $10 million to the family of 13-year-old boy who drowned in a village-owned pool Pools, lifeguards, parents and …

Here are some items straight from the courtroom that might interest you: New Jersey village liable for pool drowning. A jury awarded $10 million to the family of a Korean boy who drowned at a park swimming pool in the Village of Ridgewood, New Jersey in 2008. Thirteen-year-old Soo Hyeon Park was playing with friends in the deep end when he began fighting to stay afloat. None of the nine lifeguards on duty noticed his distress or saw him go …

In August of 2009, Eve Bradshaw was sitting on the jury of an Illinois wrongful death case. The case concerned a blind man who was struck by a commuter train. On several occasions, after Bradshaw left the courtroom, she logged into her blog and wrote an entry describing the dialogue that took place in the jury room that day. Shortly after the trial court issued a $4.75 million verdict in the plaintiff’s favor, the defense attorneys discovered the posts and …