Boy Drowns in MCM Grand Hotel Fundome Swimming Pool Accident
Our Texas hotel drowning lawyer was saddened today to learn of the death of four-year-old Reece Mitchel at the MCM Grande Hotel in Odessa, Texas. According to reports the accident struck this Friday night, shortly before 8 p.m. The young child was at the hotel swimming pool with other siblings and an adult aunt. The group was enjoying the water when one of the boy’s siblings saw Reece at the bottom of the pool. It was clear that the child was in trouble, and he was quickly pulled from the water. The boy’s aunt began performing CPR, and she was soon joined by several other bystanders. Local paramedics tried to save the child’s life when they arrived but, there was little that could be done. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Local authorities are still investigating the tragic MCM Grande hotel swimming pool drowning to determine exactly what happened and whether anything could have been done to prevent it.
Unfortunately, many hotel owners and operators fail to prioritize pool safety. Public swimming pools, such as the one in this MCM Grande Hotel, may pose inherent dangers to those who use the facility. Children are particularly prone to falling victim to these accidents, because they do not understand the risks. While the details surrounding this latest accident are still being sorted out, it is important for all those involved in this accident take steps to protect their legal rights.
Unfortunately, many of the companies who run facilities like hotels fail to follow reasonable standards steps which could prevent these accidents. Widespread knowledge about the dangers of the water makes it vital that those in a position to enact safeguards to protect swimmers actually do so. For one thing, it is essential that these facilities have an emergency action plan in place so that steps are taken immediately that can save the life of a child who has been involved in one of these hotel drowning accidents. Hotel guests have a reasonable expectation that certain safety steps will be in place when they use these aquatic facilities. When a child dies in one of these accidents a thorough investigation into the situation often reveals that the pool operators did not do everything which the law usually expects to help prevent accidents and save lives once an accident has occurred.
Our Texas hotel drowning attorney at the Jesse Guerra Law Firm is familiar with the hotel owners and operators who run the facility involved in this latest accident. Jesse Guerra Jr. has represented victims in legal actions against these MCM Grande owners on two separate occasions in the last two years. This latest incident means that the facilities run by this organization have been the site of three deadly drownings in the last two years alone. It is tragic that so many local children continue to lose their lives in accidents that might have been prevented. If you or a loved one were involved in this accident or a similar hotel pool drowning, please get in touch with our experienced pool lawyer to learn how we can help. We work with victims in Texas and throughout the nation to ensure that facility owners are held accountable for their conduct and take steps to prevent future tragedies.
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Comments (2)
Read through and enter the discussion by using the form at the endanonamis user - October 27, 2011 10:39 AM
Accidents do happen. as i can see the aunt did do something to save the baby. It don't say anything about a lifeguard or pool moniter doing anything to help. And im sure the aunty is beating her self up about it. And i think a place like this should have lifeguards at all times. That would help a lot.
Rob White - November 1, 2011 5:08 AM
Verbal and written instructions to users of pools and written procedures for safe management for operators are all valid and relevant; but is this enough? We study the annual statistics in the UK provided by ROSPA and from our own research on the level of drownings in public access pools, and the average doesn't seem to fluctuate much; so is what we have in place to reduce the numbers enough? Our pitch to the industry is consider an additional level of safety - in the form of technology. As the original architect of using video cameras to help lifeguards back in 1996 we gave them a 3D capability, helping them to assess a potential problem before it becomes a major incident. Today we have much better automated technology but it has been a hard slog to convince the industry that technology has its place. However, things are changing and it is now very common for an architect or designer to specify drowning prevention technology. We live in hopes that, like seat belts in cars and smoke detectors in public buildings, technologies like ours will become the norm rather than the exception, we may then see a meaningful reduction in drownings and near misses. If the cost of technology is the problem - we say what price a life?