After a unsuccessful dive caused numbness from the chest down, a European 18-year-old man has filed a lawsuit against the masters of a private swimming pool.
The young man entered the pool without approval and suffered a severe spinal injuries during his tumble in 2022 when he was a participant in the European movement known as “pool squatting”.
The girl, who was engaging in a dangerous share squatting issue in Toulouse, France, asserts that the home owners are liable for his wounds. The girl is suing the home’s management for negligence, claiming that the owners had a duty to make sure the pool was kept up with despite his unlawful entry.
Fabien Gaillard, a European lawyer, said to BFMTV,” When injury occurs on their home, in this case a swimming pool, the users must reply to the harm that is caused to the people who injure themselves, even if they entered improperly”.
What is the’ pool squatting’ challenge?
Swimming in pools, which involves the unauthorized use of private pools, has grown to be a more problematic problem in France. The practice involves individuals illegally entering private pools for recreational purposes, sometimes promoted as a social media challenge. The issue is made worse by the fact that France has more than three million private swimming pools nationwide.
The property owners, who expressed shock and grief over the lawsuit, made it clear that pool squatters have frequently targeted their pool since it was installed six years ago. They claimed that the problem has increased each year and that the problem has only grown worse as a result of the growing popularity of pool squatting.
Southern France, with its pleasant climate, has been especially affected by this trend. According to Guide-piscine. French authorities are notified of 10 to 15 pool squatting reports each day during the summer, according to pool .fr, a website that provides advice on pool installation. Since the pool squatting trend has become popular, the increasing frequency of these incidents highlights the difficulties that property owners have faced in managing and securing their private swimming pools.
