Seven-year-old Graeme Baker tragically lost her life when a defective drain held her prisoner underwater at a high school graduation party in June of 2006. It was supposed to be a happy day for the Bakers – a passion on of a family member 
into the next phase of life. The moment was smited forever by the folly of a simple defective product.
Her mother, Nancy Baker, looked at the family spa during the recreations and saw her daughter trapped, her eyes pinched tightly shut as her limbs were lost helplessly to the current of the drainage system. Nancy tried to pull her daughter out of the drain but was powerless to the force of hundreds of pounds of suction. When two adults were finally able to loose Graeme’s body from the drain, the pipes cracked from the pressure.
There have been many similar incidents where manufacturers of a product allow for defects in their drain design or neglect simple safety measures such as a drain cover. As a result of court settlement, the Baker family was able to establish an educational program on pool safety and bring the dangers of entrapment into public notice.
If you or someone you know has been injured in a similar case of product liability, please feel free to contact a personal injury lawyer.
*Picture from ATLA’s website.
