Suits & Deals: Municipal Pool Drowning Case Settles for $1.75 Million in Mercer
Recent notable case results in New Jersey.
November 17, 2017 at 11:56 AM
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In Estate of Simonelli v. Princeton, a Mercer County suit claiming that a town pool was negligent in failing to detect and rescue a swimmer who went underwater and ultimately drowned settled for $1.75 million on Oct. 30.
On Aug. 20, 2016, Colin Simonelli, 24, was at the community pool complex in Princeton with his father, swimming in a large pool being monitored by two lifeguards in elevated chairs, according to the estate's attorney, Neil Weiner of the Lynch Law Firm in Hasbrouck Heights.
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