Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia, and being diagnosed with it is frightening, especially when you learn it likely came from a hotel, apartment, or facility that didn't keep its water systems clean. It is a serious illness, and in most cases it never should have happened. If you or someone you love got sick, you deserve to understand how, and whether someone should answer for it.

How Legionnaires' Disease Spreads

Legionella bacteria grow in warm, stagnant water and spread when contaminated water is aerosolized into a mist that people breathe in, for example through a cooling tower, shower, hot tub, or air conditioning system. It is not spread person to person. Because it comes from a contaminated water source, an infection can often be traced back to the specific property where the exposure occurred.

Where Outbreaks Commonly Occur

Because the disease is tied to large or complex water systems, outbreaks are frequently linked to hotels and resorts, apartment and condominium buildings, hospitals and nursing homes, cruise ships, and facilities with hot tubs or decorative fountains.

Symptoms and Who Is Responsible

Symptoms include high fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches, and confusion, and the disease can progress to respiratory failure, especially in older adults, smokers, and people with weakened immune systems. Property owners and managers are responsible for maintaining their water systems to prevent dangerous bacterial growth. When a hotel, apartment complex, nursing home, hospital, or cruise line fails to follow established standards and someone becomes seriously ill or dies, that owner or operator may be held liable.

Why Choose Poses Boumel

Tracing an illness back to its source takes real investigation, coordination with public health and medical experts, and the patience to follow the evidence wherever it leads. It is exactly the kind of case Todd Poses and Adam Boumel founded this firm to handle. Most recently, we settled two Legionnaires' disease cases, for $700,000 and $300,000. We have the resources to see these claims through, and you will always be able to reach your attorney and know where things stand.

Contact the Legionnaires' Disease Attorneys at Poses Boumel Today

It costs nothing to talk to us. Poses Boumel represents injured people and families throughout Florida from our office in downtown Miami, and we serve clients in English and Spanish. Call 305-577-0200 during our listed office hours or leave a message any time, or reach us through the contact form on our website. Your consultation is free and confidential, with no obligation.