Pool Executive Charged in Pool Drain Death

Connecticut police have charged the president of a swimming pool company with second-degree manslaughter following the death of a 6-year-old boy who drowned when his arm became stuck in a drain pump. According to police, Shoreline Pools President David Lionetti was responsible for the boy's death because he failed to ensure that his company installed safeguards for powerful drain pumps. Separately, the boy's parents have filed a lawsuit in the matter. John Christoffersen, Newsday 07/21/2008
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COMMENT: This is yet another example of a pool company failing to protect the swimming public from its products. Since 1985, more than 150 cases of swimming pool drain entrapments have been reported around the country. Many of these cases have lead to lawsuits because the injuries are often horrific. You should not have to have a criminal law to get corporations to act in a reasonable manner. It is reasonable to protect children from pool equipment that can kill them.