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Drowning Accident Statistics

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention around ten people die every day from unintentional drowning accidents. Among children, drowning is the second leading cause of death, and among adults it is the sixth most fatalistic accident. Accidents and injuries occur all day, every day somewhere around the world. However, unlike dog bites and product liability injuries, accidents that involve pools or other bodies of water rarely result in anything but wrongful death.

The CDC reports that the most at-risk persons of drowning are men, who account for 80% of victims, children aged one to four, and minorities. This is not to say that these are the only individuals susceptible, and everyone should take extra precaution to ensure that everything possible is done to prevent this type of injury and death from occurring.

For those who have already experienced loss from a drowning accident, there is still something that can be done. Connecting with a Dallas personal injury attorney to legally pursue the case and hold the responsible party at fault will help prevent these types of accidents form occurring in the future.

Dallas Personal Injury Attorney for Drowning Accidents

The leading causes of drown accidents are a lack of supervision and/or barriers surrounding any body of water. When pools are easily open and accessible to young children or when there is no lifeguard on duty at a local swimming pool or beach then there is much more risk of a drowning incident. Failure to provide life jackets while on a boat could also result in cases of drowning for persons on board. No age group, gender, minority or ethnicity is exempt from the possibility of a drowning accident, even if the person or persons involved know how to swim.

Drowning accidents are often overlooked when it comes to legal issues of personal injury. The trauma and shock that come from these types of accidents is more than enough to handle without having to think about the potential of what a lawsuit might mean. However, this could be a crucial oversight because drown incidents are often cases of negligent behavior or reckless decision making on the part of one or more individuals. More often than not, drowning occurs because someone failed to properly do their job or adequately secure access to hazardous bodies of water. Personal injury attorneys at the Mathur Law Offices know this and work aggressively in and out of court to make sure that the families and loved ones of drown accidents are not left to suffer. We will work on your behalf to hold the at-fault party responsible for the loss you have recently suffered.

Contact a Dallas drowning accident lawyer at the Mathur Law Offices today.