A Successful Defense in “Plaintiff v. Pool Manufacturer” Injury Case

1. A Successful Defense in
“Plaintiff v. Pool
Manufacturer” Injury Case
By: Scott Haworth

2. A Successful Defense in “Plaintiff v. Pool
Manufacturer” Injury Case
A Haworth Coleman & Gerstman, LLC, managing partner in New York, Scott Haworth
handles a wide range of cases encompassing product liability, torts, and class actions.
Among the cases attorney Scott Haworth’s firm successfully represented was Plaintiff v.
Pool Manufacturer, which was decided by the State Supreme Court in Rockland County.

3. A Successful Defense in “Plaintiff v. Pool
Manufacturer” Injury Case
The case centered on allegations on the part of the plaintiff of severe cervical spinal
injuries suffered when slipping off a pool ladder, which caused bodily impact with the
above-ground pool’s bottom. The plaintiff asserted a number of violations spanning pool
and pool ladder standards, as well as “failure to warn.”

4. A Successful Defense in “Plaintiff v. Pool
Manufacturer” Injury Case
Retained by the pool manufacturer toward the end of the discovery process, the firm’s
attorneys immediately retained a well established biomechanical engineer who
successfully demonstrated that the injuries were only possible by a dive into the three-
foot-deep pool. With hospital personnel providing depositions that the plaintiff was
intoxicated when the accident occurred, the multimillion dollar case was settled prior to
trial for a nominal amount.