Overview
- The North Carolina family says the 6-year-old submerged at the Crowne Plaza Lake Buena Vista pool on December 27, 2024, and died in the hospital four days later.
- The planned lawsuit alleges no lifeguard was on duty despite signage indicating one would be present that evening.
- Attorneys contend the pool’s water features caused continuous ripples and a funnel-like effect that impaired visibility of a child on the bottom.
- The father was about ten feet away when the sister alerted him, and he pulled the child from the water, but she was unresponsive.
- Advocates cite Florida’s child drowning concerns in calling for tighter hotel-pool rules, and no response from the hotel was reported.