Adventure Island is a 30-acre outdoor water park located in the Tampa area. It’s across the street from Busch Gardens, and it features a wave pool as well as multiple water slides and tropical areas to relax.
Unfortunately, in some cases, visitors to Adventure Island suffer injuries while they are at the water park. When this happens, it becomes important to determine if the amusement park is to blame or what your legal rights are.
Diaco Law can help you to explore your legal options, understand your rights, and pursue a claim for damages. Just contact our Tampa amusement park accident lawyers today to find out more about the services we can offer and the ways in which we can help you.
Types of Accidents at Adventure Island
Adventure Island has been the site of serious and even fatal accidents in the past, including when a worker was killed by a lightning strike, as well as the drowning of a 10-year-old in a wave pool.
While these notable incidents made headlines, many incidents don’t make the news and still cause harm to victims. Some examples of accidents that could occur at Adventure Island include:
- Slips and falls on wet floors
- Water slide injuries or ride-related injuries
- Drowning or near-drowning incidents
- Incidents due to inadequate security
- Food safety issues
- Pool contamination
When these or other incidents occur, victims need to prove that the water park fell short in its obligations to customers and that they suffered harm as a result.
Diaco Law can help to gather the necessary evidence showing how the accident occurred on the premises so you can maximize your chances of pursuing a successful damage claim.
Is Adventure Island Liable for an Accident?
Adventure Island is sometimes legally liable for an accident. To prove liability, you must show:
- The facility owed a duty of care to you
- Adventure Island breached that duty
- The breach was the direct cause of harm
- You suffered damages you can be compensated for
In some cases, you can show that the company breached a duty based on negligent policies. For example, if Adventure Island fails in training lifeguards, doesn’t have proper protocols for food storage, doesn’t maintain the premises safely or provides inadequate security, or fails to maintain the balance of the pool chemicals, the water park’s own negligence could give rise to a claim.
Adventure Island can also be legally liable for negligent on-the-job actions of its careless employees. That’s because under vicarious liability rules, a company’s workers are considered its agents and the employee’s negligence is considered to be the company’s negligence.
It’s also important to know that if you signed a liability waiver, Adventure Island can still be responsible for accidents. Liability waivers can protect the company from being sued for known risks that you agree to, but companies cannot just get you to sign a waiver allowing the business to be negligent.
A Tampa Adventure Island Accident Attorney Can Help
Taking legal action against Adventure Island can be complicated, as you need to identify legal grounds for liability and prove how the water park fell short.
Diaco Law has extensive experience representing clients harmed by amusement park and water park accidents. Our injury lawyers in Tampa can provide the help and support you need in these difficult situations.
Give us a call or contact us online to schedule your free consultation with a Tampa Adventure Island accident lawyer to learn more.