Surprisingly there are a lot of liabilities of owning a swimming pool that never really occur to people. A lack of supervision is a top liability, this more so correlates with children’s pool parties. Adults or responsible parties should never allow a child or multiple children to be in a swimming pool without supervision. Open or broken gates can be a major problem because then people are around a pool without the owner's knowledge and if an accident happens it’s going to be a problem. Loose tiles in the pool have a tendency to hurt people in pools because you’re not expecting them and can cut themselves on the tiles. Cracked pavement and inadequate lighting together are a major liability.
A person is likely to trip on a crack if they can’t see a crack and it may result in them falling on the pavement. Defective diving boards are one of the biggest liabilities because a lot of swimming pools do not have diving boards. If a diving board is loose or it falls apart while someone is using it that is a huge liability because this kind of accident can easily be prevented by routine inspections of the diving board.
Defective drain covers causing suction entrapment can cause anyone to drown in a pool with no control over what is happening to them. Swimming pool accident lawyers know the ins and outs of the liabilities of owning a swimming pool. Many swimming pool accident lawyers will happily take a phone call with any questions a swimming pool owner may have to prevent a person from being injured.