Earlier this year, while I was teaching my 8-year old son how to dive, a lifeguard attempted to provide some assistance to him. Long story short, the lifeguard had my son perform a poorly conceived exercise that resulted in him slamming the upper portion of his right leg against the pool deck, causing a contusion on the upper part of the leg and abrasions along the shins on both legs from scraping the edge of the pool as he fell in. This exercise basically involved having the lifeguard hold one of my son's feet down to the pool deck while my son attempted to dive. The physical injury my son suffered was extremely painful for him but, thank God, caused no lasting damage. Do I have grounds for a lawsuit or any disciplinary action against the pool facility? To be clear, I'm less concerned with $$$ than I am with the dismissive attitude of the pool manager. His take on the accident is that as long as it was unintentional, then no harm done - which just isn't right. What would you do?
2007-12-14
17:30:09
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Bruton
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