The City of Coronado has been named in a complaint filed by the family of Dr. John Baldwin. On April 3rd, 2016, Baldwin drowned while swimming at Coronado beach.
The Coronado Times contacted the City of Coronado and were informed that the City does not comment on pending litigation.
You can read the complaint below:
Defendant CITY OF CORONADO, by and through its agents, servants, employees and independent contractors, more fully identified above, knew or should have known of the foregoing hazards, deficiencies and/ or dangerous conditions at the location and failed to remedy them and/ or warn persons such as the Decedent of their presence, at all times herein mentioned created and/ or had notice of these dangerous conditions, in that the rip tides and water current conditions were dangerous and known to them on the day of the incident, and Defendant CITY OF CORONADO and its agents, employees, servants, independent contractors more fully identified above knew of the hazards which existed for a long enough period of time, yet created amenities for and promoted use by the public when the Defendant CITY OF CORONADO should have protected the public against them. Defendant CITY OF CORONADO, in the exercise of due care, should have discovered, eliminated/ fixed, warned, posted signage and otherwise protected the public of these dangerous conditions. Read the entire complaint: Baldwin v City of Coronado
Related: Obituary for Dr. John Baldwin
