Orlando Drowning Wrongful Death Attorneys
If your loved one drowned at a pool, resort, apartment complex or HOA in Orlando or Central Florida because someone ignored basic safety, our drowning wrongful death attorneys find out what failed and hold the owner accountable — while your family grieves. No fee unless we win. Call (407) 777-8888
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What's at Stake
We're so sorry for your loss. In the days after a drowning, property owners and their insurers often move quickly to fix what went wrong. Here's what can slip away.
Broken latches get fixed, alarms get installed and barriers get replaced. Photos and inspections need to happen before the scene changes.
Resort, apartment and doorbell cameras often record over themselves within days or weeks. We send preservation letters right away.
Insurers may suggest the swimmer was careless or trespassing, or offer a fast settlement before anyone knows what really happened.
Most Florida wrongful death claims must be filed within two years of the date of death. Claims against public pools need written notice first.
Your family shouldn't have to carry this alone.
Alexandra Tosado · Founding Attorney
Most drownings are preventable. We'll find out what should have been in place, and why it wasn't.
How We Help
Central Florida is full of water: backyard pools, apartment and HOA pools, hotel and resort pools along International Drive and near the theme parks, water parks, lakes and retention ponds. Florida loses more young children ages 1 to 4 to drowning than any other state, and adults drown here too — at pools without lifeguards, in hot tubs with faulty drains, and at properties that ignored warning signs and depth markers.
A drowning death is usually a premises liability case. Property owners and operators must keep their property reasonably safe and warn of dangers they know about. When a gate doesn't latch, a barrier is missing, a drain cover is broken or a pool advertised as supervised isn't, that failure can make them responsible under the Florida Wrongful Death Act.
When you hire ANT Law Firm, our Orlando drowning wrongful death lawyers document the scene, gather incident reports, staffing records and maintenance logs, and work with pool-safety and medical experts to show exactly what failed. We pursue every party that shares responsibility and prepare your family's case for a jury.
Related Cases
We handle drownings at private homes, vacation rentals, apartments, HOAs, hotels, resorts and water parks. These related pages may also help your family.
When You're Ready
You don't need to do any of this alone. If you can, a family member or friend can help with these steps while you take care of each other.
Lost someone in a drowning?
Take the time you need. Before you talk to the property owner or their insurer, talk to us. It's free and confidential.
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Prepared for Trial
Your family deserves the truth, not a quick check. Here's what happens when an insurer underestimates how far we'll go.
“Working with Alex and her team was truly one of the best professional experiences I've had. From start to finish, they exceeded my expectations.”
Landmark verdict
40×
The jury's verdict was forty times the insurance company's offer.
Their offer
$30,000
The jury's verdict
$1.2M
The insurance company offered our client $30,000. We turned it down, built the case for trial and put it in front of a jury. The jury awarded $1.2 million — forty times what the insurer said the case was worth.
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Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case is different and is evaluated on its own facts. Amounts are gross recoveries before fees, costs and liens.
The Plan
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We investigate, gather the evidence, handle the insurance company and get your medical care documented.
We negotiate from strength. If they won't pay fairly, we take it to a jury.
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Drowning cases are proven with physical evidence and safety standards. Here's the work we do behind the scenes.
Damages
Florida's Wrongful Death Act lets both the estate and the surviving family recover. Which damages apply depends on each survivor's relationship to your loved one.
Parents of a child under 25 can recover for their mental pain and suffering.
A surviving spouse can recover for lost companionship and protection and for mental pain and suffering.
Children under 25 (and all children if there is no surviving spouse) can recover for lost companionship, instruction and guidance.
The income, benefits and household help your loved one would have provided, past and future.
Emergency response, hospital and treatment costs between the drowning and death.
Reasonable funeral, burial or cremation expenses paid by the family or the estate.
For the estate: wages lost before death and, in many cases, savings your loved one would likely have left.
Where an owner's conduct amounted to gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
Have questions about what your family can recover? We'll answer them, free.
Get My Free Case ReviewFlorida Law
Florida has specific pool-safety rules, and violations can be strong evidence of negligence. Here's what matters for your family's case.
Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act.Florida's pool-safety law (Fla. Stat. ch. 515) requires new residential pools to have at least one approved safety feature: a barrier that meets the statute, an approved safety cover, exit alarms on doors and windows that open to the pool, or self-closing, self-latching doors. Public pools at hotels, apartments and HOAs must also follow Florida Department of Health rules, and federal law requires anti-entrapment drain covers on public pools and spas.
Premises liability.Owners must keep their property reasonably safe for invited guests and warn of dangers they know about. For children, Florida's attractive nuisance doctrine can make an owner responsible when an unsecured pool draws a child onto the property, even without permission.
Shared fault.Since March 2023, Florida reduces recovery by the person's share of the fault and bars it if they're found more than 50% at fault. Owners often argue the swimmer was careless. Evidence of missing barriers or supervision is how we keep the focus on the owner.
Who files.Only the personal representative of your loved one's estate can bring the case, on behalf of the estate and every eligible survivor. We can help start that process.
What Success Looks Like
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With ANT in your corner
A clear account of the safety failures that led to the drowning.
Owners and operators answer for what they ignored.
Bills, lost support and your family's future accounted for.
Families often tell us they want to keep it from happening again.
Every case is different. Past results don't guarantee a similar outcome.
Client Reviews
“A very positive experience with the attorney and her entire team — always attentive, kind, and willing to clarify every question. The fact that they are bilingual is a huge plus.”
“The best team ever. They resolved my case in an unimaginable timing. Very professional plus they show their human side when I needed it.”
“The reviews speak for themselves. Trust in the process — Alexandra will deliver.”
Why ANT Law Firm
After a drowning, property owners' insurers offer as little as they can get away with. We build every case for trial, so they have to take your family seriously — and you pay nothing unless we win.
Straight Answers
Drowning deaths are usually premises liability claims, so the owner or operator can be responsible for failing to keep the property reasonably safe. That can include homeowners, landlords and vacation rental owners, HOAs, apartment complexes, hotels and resorts, water parks, pool management and maintenance companies, and manufacturers of defective drains, covers or alarms. We investigate every party that may share responsibility.
Missing or broken barrier fencing, gates that don't self-close or self-latch, missing door and window alarms, absent or inattentive lifeguards where supervision was promised, missing warning signs and depth markers, broken anti-entrapment drain covers, poor lighting and cloudy water. Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act (Fla. Stat. ch. 515) and Department of Health rules set safety standards, and violations can be strong evidence of negligence.
You may. Florida loses more children ages 1 to 4 to drowning than any other state, and many of those deaths are preventable. If an owner failed to provide required barriers, alarms, supervision or warnings, they may be legally responsible. Florida's attractive nuisance doctrine can also hold an owner liable when an unsecured pool draws a child onto the property. We handle these cases with care, at your family's pace.
The personal representative of your loved one's estate files the claim on behalf of the estate and the survivors under Florida's Wrongful Death Act (Fla. Stat. §§ 768.16–768.26). Survivors include the spouse, children and parents, and dependent relatives. When a child dies, each parent can recover for their mental pain and suffering. We help families with every step, including appointing a personal representative.
Generally two years from the date of death. Drownings at city, county or state pools and parks require written notice to the government first. Because drowning cases depend on physical evidence like gates, alarms and camera footage that can change quickly, talking with an attorney early protects your family's claim.
Your family may still recover. Florida reduces recovery by the person's share of the fault, and since March 2023 bars recovery if they're found more than 50% at fault. Being a strong swimmer doesn't protect anyone from a faulty drain, a medical emergency in an unsupervised pool, or unsafe conditions. Owners often try to blame the swimmer, and our attorneys keep the focus on the safety failures.
Nothing up front. ANT Law Firm handles these cases on a contingency fee: we advance the costs of investigation and experts, and we're only paid if we recover for your family. Your first consultation is free and confidential.
Still have a question? Call (407) 777-8888 or send us a message.
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Orlando Drowning Wrongful Death Attorneys
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