Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall) | InjuryBoard Corpus Christi

Chapter 757 (Pool Yard Enclosures)  TXDHSS 265.200(b) of the Texas Health and Safety Code requires pool gates and doors to be "SELF-CLOSING and SELF-LATCHING".  In plain english, a gate must close...

A 36 year-old man drowned yesterday, September 19, 2007 while diving for golf balls.According to police, he was found dead at the scene at the bottom of a pond on the fourth hole of the golf course. He was found two hours after he was reported missing. The man had been diving for golf balls with his cousin and both were working for a Houston based company at the time of the drowning. Police...

Corpus Christi Police said there appears to be no foul play in the drowning of a 16 year-old girl who died while swimming at the Port Royal Ocean Resort Condominium Pools on Mustang Island on May 04, 2007.Toynelle Bailey was reported missing around 5:30 p.m. by her friends and her body was found in the deep end around 7:30 p.m. Toynelle was in town with fellow band mates from Houston and was...

A 5-year-old boy snuck out of his hotel room and drowned in a pool early Saturday morning. His family was staying at the Super 8 Motel on U.S. 17 and made his way to the Holiday Inn across the street. The road is six lanes and it believed he crossed it after 1:30 a.m. Hotel guests discovered the child's body face down in the establishment's outdoor swimming pool at about 6:50 a.m. on...

Two cities in West Virginia have been sued in Slip and Fall lawsuits for incidents that happened on city property. The first lawsuit involves the city of Ronceverte and the city's pool. A couple rented the pool for a party in 2005. The wife allegedly fell and is seeking damages for her medical bills. The suit claims Mary Ralston "slipped and fell" while using the bathhouse and picnic areas...