The Haggard Law Firm’s Douglas McCarron has obtained a $3.5 Million settlement involving a drowning at a Florida hotel.
The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Kimberly Wald have secured a $1 Million pre-suit, policy limit settlement in a near-drowning entrapment case. On September 3, 2021, five-year-old Bo Madden was with her family friend’s home in Destin, Florida where they went swimming in the pool at the house. While in the pool, Bo’s hair was entangled on the entrapment cover and...
The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel obtained a $2.35 Million settlement in a case involving an infant child who drowned in a pond. Specific details of the case are confidential. The infant child was under his mother’s care when he walked out of the opened front door of his apartment and walked...
DrowningDrowningGeneral Personal Injury & Wrongful DeathGeneral Personal Injury & Wrongful Death$11.95 Million Settlement in a Drowning/Wrongful Death Case
August 10, 2021
The Haggard Law Firm’s Michael Haggard and Adam Finkel, along with co-counsel Julie Hager, have obtained a nearly $12 Million settlement in a drowning case involving a child who made his way through a broken pool gate and into a community pool. During the morning of August 24, 2019, Mohamed Salim, a resident of the...
The Haggard Law Firm’s Adam Finkel and Michael Haggard have reached a confidential settlement for $4.5 Million in a pool drowning case. The victim, a young woman, entered a commercial pool of an Apartment Complex and drowned while swimming from the shallow end of the pool to the deep end. The plaintiff’s allegations consisted of...
$1 Million Settlement in Case Involving Grandfather Who Drowned During Grandson’s Birthday party Ocala, Fla – BG Ocala Ranch has agreed to pay $1 Million to the family of an Ocala man who drowned during his 5-year-old grandson’s birthday party. The family of the 66-year-old victim says the death of their family patriarch was entirely preventable....
DrowningSummer Swimming Safety Tips
July 3, 2018
By Christopher Marlowe, trial lawyer, The Haggard Law Firm Deep into the summer months, swimming pools offer a well-earned respite from the sauna intensity of the sun, and the steambath that follows a warm summer rain. We eagerly jump into swimming pools at hotels, resorts, friends’ houses and on cruise ships. Those who own...
DrowningSwim Safety Tips
May 23, 2018
May is National Swim Safety Month. Our team at Haggard Law is passionate about observing this time as we have unfortunately had to represent families who have suffered the loss or a significant injury to a loved one in a drowning or near drowning. With these tragic experiences, we have learned that water safety involves active...
DrowningHaggard to Lead Seminar During Aquatic Law Symposium
February 8, 2018
Our Michael Haggard will be one of the featured presenters during the upcoming 2018 National Drowning Prevention Alliance Educational Conference’s Aquatic Law Symposium. The objective of the symposium is to provide plaintiff and defense attorneys with information about principles and practices of aquatic law. The event will be held April 2nd to the 7th at the Marriott...
DrowningREPORT: 163 Children Drowned in the U.S. This Summer
September 25, 2017
According to media reports compiled by the USA Swimming Foundation, from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2017* at least 163 children younger than age 15 fatally drowned in swimming pools or spas. Of the 163 reports, 112 of the victims — nearly 70 percent — were children younger than age five. Florida led the nation in drowning...
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