HINTON v. 2331 ADAMS STREET CORP
Premises Liability / Near-Drowning. A toddler sustained irreversible brain damage after nearly drowning in her apartment complex pool. The owners of the apartment complex were found negligent for not repairing a broken gate around the pool area and not securing the pool area with the proper pool fencing. The apartment complex manager admitted at trial that he knew the gate had been “destroyed” for some time. The $100 Million verdict is one of the largest single personal injury jury verdicts awarded in Florida’s history.
