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From the Duck River in Tennessee to the Blue River in Kansas, people headed out of doors to enjoy recreation on these typically relatively placid scenic rivers. In both instances, people hit the water kayak. Sadly, on both the Duck and Blue rivers what was intended to be an enjoyable afternoon of aquatic recreation turned tragic. On both rivers, a kayaker died. The Duck River incident involved a mother, father, and their 15-year-old daughter spending a Sunday afternoon kayaking. At…

Summertime Safety and Apartment Swimming Pools With Memorial Day traditionally marking the start of summertime, a growing number of public pools are reopening across the country. These include thousands of pools across the United States serving apartment communities. As pools open, it behooves us all to take a moment to refresh ourselves on some important overall pool safety practices to best protect ourselves and our loved ones this summer. Protecting Against Apartment Pool Drowning An average of 3,500 people die…

With summer only weeks away, our law firm’s accidental drowning database has already documented a sharp increase (> 40%) in the number of accidental drowning in April versus the first three months of the year. We have also noted that some of the accidents have occurred in either abandoned or functional open-pit rock and materials quarrying operations. Today, the drowning accident lawyer at The Doan Law Firm takes a look at two drowning incidents that occurred in rock quarries. He…

Visitors to our website are aware that, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning accidents are responsible for an average of 10 deathsper day, with many of those deaths occurring in the childhood to young adult age groups. However, there is relatively little data available regarding those whosurvive such accidents and make up a subgroup that we callvictims of near-drowning accidents. In today’s post, the drowning accident lawyer at The Doan Law Firm will discuss a medical condition…

Although most drowning accidents occur outdoors, many such accidents involving younger children happen indoors in places such as hotels, day care, and recreation centers. In today’s post, we are sad to report yet another death involving a child and an indoor swimming pool. Raymond Whitlock’s drowning was third such accident in four years at Quality Inn and Suites West Waterpark in Knoxville As we have stated on other pages of this website, initial news reports ofany accident are often incomplete…