Family of child who drowned at Chattanooga apartment pool files wrongful death lawsuit

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The family of a 4-year-old boy who drowned at a Chattanooga apartment complex pool last month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming the pool’s gate could be opened by young children and that no lifeguard or qualified pool operator was on duty.

Sy’mir Draco Vinson died Aug. 20, four days after he was found underwater at the pool at The Reserve at Mountain Pass on Central Avenue.

His mother, Jaliyah Posley, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Hamilton County Circuit Court against The Reserve at Mountain Pass, LDG The Reserve at Mountain Pass and LDG Development…

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