Florida Swimming Pool Negligence Lawyers
When Negligence Changes Everything, You Need a Firm Built for Complex Litigation
Swimming pool accidents, an all-too-common tragedy in Florida, involve a child, a guest, or a friend who drowns while swimming in the presence of others in the very same pool.
Swimming Pool Negligence Attorneys
The general public, untrained in the investigation and causation of water-safety deaths, justifiably can wonder how such a drowning could occur. Unfortunately, the pattern of such swimming deaths is quite similar. This category of accidents also falls under premises liability.
Swimming Safety Ordinances
The average swimmer is usually unfamiliar with the pool’s depth, slope, and bottom configuration, and is untrained in identifying the initial stages of drowning. A properly positioned lifeguard could easily prevent these unnecessary deaths. A typical pool ordinance applicable to hotels and motels requires that the slope of the pool bottom, where the shallow end leads to the deep end, be no steeper than one foot of vertical drop for every three horizontal feet. The ordinance also requires the placement of a self-latching gate near the pool’s shallow end.
Finally, in addition to other safety measures enforced to prevent swimming pool accidents, it is also required to mount a shepherd’s crook and a ring buoy at the pool’s approximate halfway point.
Investigating Negligent Conduct
Silva & Silva’s experts investigate and report on the negligent conduct of on-duty lifeguards and the hotel’s management, as well as on deviations from local laws and ordinances by the swimming pool developer and/or hotel owner/operator. They prepare reports regarding the construction flaws discovered in the swimming pool and surrounding areas and ultimately testify on behalf of the Firm’s clients.
Drowning in a swimming pool is a reasonably foreseeable and preventable event that can arise from the failure to have a trained lifeguard present to minimize and/or eliminate this risk. Another factor that can contribute to and/or cause a swimming pool tragedy is a body-suction-entrapment drowning if a defectively designed pool is not built in accordance with acceptable industry standards and not in compliance with local ordinances.
Silva & Silva relies on its attorneys and investigators, who are familiar with laws and ordinances and who supervise and review the work of retained experts. It is the Firm’s access to the best experts in this field that enables it to provide its clients with the highest-quality legal representation in these types of catastrophes.
Silva & Silva
Complex Cases. Courtroom Results.
From aviation disasters to structural collapses, our trial lawyers take on complex catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases that demand aggressive litigation and withstand scrutiny.
OUR MISSION
Case Results for Catastrophic Injury
& Wrongful Death Claims
Justice is not measured by numbers alone—but outcomes matter when accountability is denied. Our firm has secured landmark results for victims of negligence and mass harm, including:
For the Victims of the Champlain Towers
For the Victims of a Terrorist Attack
For a Victim of Medical Malpractice
For the Victims of a Wrongful Death Boating Accident
For a Victim of Negligent Security
For Victims of the FIU Bridge Collapse
Trial Lawyers for Serious Cases
Our Law Firm
Silva & Silva is not a volume-settlement firm. We focus on complex litigation involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death.
With seven attorneys and a deep litigation support team, our firm prepares every case for trial from day one.
Founding partners Jorge E. Silva and Carlos Silva have built a reputation for handling high-stakes matters across Florida. Our attorneys collaborate closely on major cases to deliver strategic, aggressive representation.
Additionally, attorney Orlando Silva is both a physician and a lawyer — a rare and powerful combination in catastrophic injury and wrongful death litigation.
Carlos Silva
Carlos E. Silva gives a voice to victims and families who have suffered traumatic injuries and tragic deaths as a result of tortious conduct.
Jorge Silva
Jorge E. Silva is passionate about protecting victims and families who have suffered catastrophic medical malpractice events.
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What Our Clients Say
Clients often say the difference is in how they’re treated. They’re not just another case; they’re people going through something serious. With honest guidance, consistent communication, and a results-driven approach, Silva & Silva has earned the trust of clients who needed someone in their corner.
