October 27th, 2009
Compensation is to be paid to a family who sustained agonising burns after swimming in a hotel pool while on holiday.
Susan Austin and her partner Lee Sanders from Essex were among 33 Britons who suffered a reaction to chemicals in the pool at the Mitsis Roda Beach Hotel in Corfu, the Essex Echo reports.
They were left in so much pain that they could not put their clothes on over the broken skin. However, the hotel staff continued to put chemicals in the pool on a daily basis, even though many guests had already sustained burns.
After the holiday, 42 travellers took legal action against Thomas Cook for the pain they were caused.
They have now won their claim and are to receive an undisclosed sum in compensation from the tour operator.
Last month, the Daily Mail reported that £52,000 had been awarded to a child who suffered an electric shock in a hotel shower while on holiday in Kenya.
Tags: Beach Hotel, Britons, Broken Skin, Burns, Corfu, Daily Basis, Daily Mail, Electric Shock, Essex, Hotel Pool, Hotel Staff, Lee Sanders, Mitsis Roda Beach, Partner Lee, Susan Austin, Thomas Cook, Tour Operator, Travellers, Undisclosed Sum
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June 19th, 2009
More than £2.5 million in compensation is to be paid to scores of holidaymakers who fell ill while at a resort in the Dominican Republic.
In what is being described as among the largest recorded payouts for such illness abroad, the 514 travellers who fell ill at the Bahia Principe Hotel in 2007 are all to receive compensation from Thomas Cook and its subsidiary MyTravel.
Their legal representatives argued that although many people had already been hospitalised as a result of dirty conditions which caused E coli and Salmonella, the tour companies continued to fly tourists to the resort between January and August the same year in "a flagrant disregard for their customers’ health and safety".
The tour operators decided to settle the claims outside of court, but assured customers that hygiene standards in its properties are constantly monitored.
Holidaymakers from the UK who suffer from an accident, personal injury or food poisoning while abroad can sue their tour operator provided that the holiday was a package which includes travel and accommodation.
Tags: 5 Million, Bahia Hotel, Bahia Principe Hotel, Dirty Conditions, E Coli, Flagrant Disregard, Food Poisoning, Health And Safety, Holidaymakers, Hospitalised, Hygiene Standards, Landmark Case, Legal Representatives, personal injury, Salmonella, Thomas Cook, Tour Operator, Tour Operators, Travellers
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March 30th, 2009
A family who travelled to France on a skiing trip are considering a compensation claim after they fell ill at their hotel.
Samantha Jackson, 34, and her husband Frank, 36, took their two children to Le Viking in Morzine last month, the Crewe and Nantwich Guardian reports.
However, they fell ill shortly after checking into their accommodation, suffering from stomach cramps, diarrhoea and vomiting.
Mrs Jackson said the standards of cleanliness were not what she had expected from the resort.
"The rooms were not clean and the hotel seemed to be run by a bunch of teenagers. The buffet also did not appear to be maintained hygienically with new batches of food often being topped onto the old," she added.
After learning that other travellers had also been ill after staying at Le Viking, the Jacksons have sought legal advice to consider making a claim.
Holidaymakers from the UK who suffer from an accident, personal injury or food poisoning while abroad can sue their tour operator provided that the holiday was a package which includes travel and accommodation.
Tags: Accommodation, Batches, Compensation Claim, Crewe And Nantwich Guardian, Diarrhoea, Food Poisoning, Holidaymakers, Illnesses, Jacksons, Legal Advice, Mrs Jackson, Nantwich, personal injury, Skiing, Standards Of Cleanliness, Stomach Cramps, Teenagers, Tour Operator, Travellers, Viking
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