The Haggard Law Firm’s Kimberly Wald and Michael Haggard have secured a $1.3 Million policy limit settlement in a drowning case against short-term vacation rental giant Airbnb.
The case involved the death of Cameron Brown, who was only 16 years old. Brown was with his mother and grandmother on spring break from high school staying at an Airbnb in Jacksonville, Florida. When the family got to the Airbnb, Cameron went into the shallow end of the swimming pool. As Cameron waded into the pool, he suddenly lost his footing and was unable to swim back to the shallow end of the pool. His mother jumped into the pool but was unable to save Cameron.
Trial lawyers Wald and Haggard filed suit against Airbnb, Inc., as well as the hosts of the property. The Haggard Law Firm attorneys alleged that Airbnb, Inc. and the other defendants owed a duty to Cameron to maintain the pool in a reasonably safe manner and warn of known dangers. They further alleged that this pool was subjected to both the heightened commercial pool requirements in Florida since this pool was used for commercial purposes. Airbnb, Inc., challenged both liability and damages in this matter.
It argued that the pool was built before the Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act which was enacted in 2000 and thus it claimed that it did not violate any codes, regulations, or standards. Airbnb, Inc. further alleged that it owed no duty to Cameron because it was merely an online internet platform and did not have any control over the subject premises. Wald and Haggard successfully obtained a policy limits settlement against both Airbnb, Inc. and the hosts of the property.
The Haggard Law Firm has represented the victims, across the country, of near drownings and families who have lost loved ones due to drowning for more than 30 years.
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