A boy who almost drowned in a wave pool at the Cowabunga Bay received $49 million as he suffered severe lifelong injuries.
According to the court memorandum, the boy went to the Cowabunga Bay along with his friend, and the friend's father. He was not wearing any lifejacket when he went into the pool.
The Lawsuit claims that there were not enough lifeguards on staff at the pool when the boy was underwater due to which he suffered a severe brain injury as he was submerged underwater for a long time. The boy requires 24-hour care as he suffered a hypoxic and anoxic brain injury, which disrupts the oxygen flow around the body.
The plaintiff's attorneys stated, the lifeguard plan submitted by the park in 2014 claimed that there were six lifeguards at the Cowabunga Bay’s Surf-A-Rama Wave Pool, but Southern Nevada Health District insisted that the park requires at least 17 lifeguards.
Cowabunga Bay submitted a revised proposal, but inspection reports claimed that the park failed in maintaining the necessary guidelines. The water park's parent company requested to settle the issue as it will damage their reputation and cost a tremendous amount of loss in business.
