David S. Smith, Ph.D
Commander, USCG (RET)
Trial Appearances- 2012
Mervilde, John W:Meils Thompson Dietz & Berish
Two Market Square Center, Suite 830
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Re: Phifer v. Smith(child drowning in camp pool) Tried Jan ‘12, ...
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Category Archives: Swim pool drowning-lifeguarding
Lifeguarding negligence case
In this case the lifeguards are clearly negligent in not properly observing the pool and not responding to requests for assistance from the patrons.
I. Facts:
1. On 11/19, at approximately 1030 PM, 15 year old As died from drowning in the pool at Central Church.
2. As was a participant in an outing sponsored by Ce ...
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20 Water Safety Questions
What's Your H2O (Safety) IQ?
By
David S. Smith, Ph.D
Commander, USCG (RET)
The following 20 questions were the basis of a key address to the First International Boating and Water Safety Summit, April 18-25, 1997 in San Diego, California. The Summit was spons...
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Requests for case reviews
Hello- Welcome to the SASS Site!
In my files I have hundreds of reports dealing with a complete range of aquatic litigation. The only aspect not touched upon is SCUBA. These reports include but are not limited to swimming/drowning, diving/cervical spine injuries, boating accident reconstruction/ collisions/prop strike...
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