State to pay $2.1 million for boy’s death at camp 
Published: April 16, 2012
Tags: camp, drowning, Iowa, wrongful death
The state of Iowa has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by an Ohio woman whose son died from injuries suffered from nearly drowning during a camp operated by the University of Northern Iowa in Germany, records show.
Brain-damaged woman to get $7 million from county
Published: December 21, 2011
Tags: brain damage, drowning, New York, swimming pool
Erie County, N.Y. will pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who suffered brain damage after she nearly drowned in a public pool two years ago.
Jury holds town liable for $10 million in boy’s drowning
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 9, 2011
Tags: drowning
A New Jersey jury has found the town of Ridgewood liable for a 13 year-old boy’s drowning in a municipal pool, awarding $10 million in damages.
Jury awards $30.7M for three boys in drowning incident
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: March 15, 2011
Tags: drowning, negligence
A small firm father-and-sons legal team won a $30.7 million verdict on behalf of a father whose three young boys fell through a frozen lake on a sprawling condominium property.
School board approves wrongful death settlement
By:
Associated Press
Published: February 3, 2011
Tags: drowning, high school, Louisiana, pool, wrongful death
Rapides Parish, La. School Board members have unanimously authorized a $250,000 settlement for the family of a 14-year-old boy who drowned last year in the Alexandria Senior High swimming pool.
Families win $5.7M in Miami Beach drowning suits
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 15, 2009
Tags: drowning
The family of a New York jazz musician who drowned trying to save a rabbi’s wife in treacherous riptides off Miami Beach has won $5 million in damages in a decade-old case that had raised serious liability issues for seaside communities that don’t provide lifeguards at public beaches.
Ala. jury awards $3.8 million for pool drowning
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: September 1, 2009
Tags: drowning, premises liability
A Montgomery, Ala. hotel and its manager must pay $3.8 million for the 2007 drowning death of a 19-year-old football player on its premises.
Hotel must pay $3.8M for pool mishap
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 26, 2009
Tags: drowning
An Alabama jury on Tuesday awarded $3.8 million to the family of a 19-year-old football player who was left in a vegetative state after rescuers were unable locate him in the deep end of a hotel pool for 10 to 12 minutes allegedly because the water was so cloudy.
Calif. jury awards $16.1M for drowning at health club
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 7, 2009
Tags: drowning
A California jury has awarded $16.1 million to the parents of four-year-old boy who drowned in a Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club swimming pool in 2005. The award is considered the highest total in a drowning case in the state’s history. Click here for the full article from The
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