You are entitled to make vacation accident claims for compensation if you or somebody close to you has suffered a loss or injury due to the negligence of a vacation accommodation owner in the USA. However, outside of the USA, you may still be able to make a claim, but the success of a claim for vacation accident compensation when the injury occurs overseas will depend on the circumstances surround the accident that caused the injury and how your vacation was booked. Irrespective of where a vacation injury occurred, it is advisable to speak with a personal injury lawyer about making holiday injury claims to ensure that you receive the maximum possible holiday injury compensation settlement.
A woman, who suffered a compound ankle fracture when she slipped and fell by the side of a pool, has settled her Marriott Hotel injury compensation claim. In June 2013, sixty-two year old Michelle Hairston was staying at the Marriott Fairfield Inn in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when she slipped on the wet deck by … Read more
A judge has awarded a family from Pennsylvania more than $4.5 million compensation for a bus accident on vacation after the negligent party failed to enter a defense. In October 2012, the Yuschak family from Dresher, Montgomery County PA, was staying at the Los Altos Beach Resort and Spa in Costa Rica. They decided to … Read more
Judges have ordered Century Surety Co. of Michigan to reimburse the Casino West Motel in Yerington in respect of compensation for carbon monoxide poisoning in the Nevada motel that Casino West has already paid to the families of victims in the 2006 accident. In June 2006, Phillip Doll (26), Juan Pablo Chavez (27), Juan´s wife … Read more
A woman from England, who suffered terrible lacerations over her body when she walked into an unsafe balcony window while she was on vacation in Barbados, has had her compensation claim for Caribbean vacation injuries upheld by the Appeals Court in London. In September 2008, Moira Japp from Worthing in England was relaxing on the … Read more
The £7 million settlement of a motorcycle accident injury claim, made on behalf of a Brazilian woman who suffered brain damage after an accident in London, has been approved in the High Court. The claim for motorcycle accident injury compensation was made on behalf of Barbara Oliva (26) from Sao Paulo in Brazil by her … Read more
A man who was left in a coma after being hit by a car in Rome has had a settlement of compensation for a pedestrian injury on holiday approved in court. James Kennedy (37) from Gosforth in Newcastle was holidaying in Rome with university friends when, on 14 January 2006, he was hit by a … Read more
Compensation for a slip on water in a hotel room has been awarded to a Lanarkshire woman who sustained head injuries while on holiday in Tenerife. Sylvia McNicholl (49) from Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire sustained her injuries while on a family holiday in the Fanabe Costa Sur Hotel in Tenerife in May 2008. On the … Read more
A woman, who slipped and fractured her knee cap on a Carnival cruise ship, has been awarded almost €2.3m in a compensation claim for a slip injury on a cruise ship. Denise Kaba from Florida was journeying on a cruise on the Carnival Pride in August 2009, when she slipped and fell on the pool … Read more
Ship accident compensation claims following the Costa Concordia tragedy on January 13, 2012, are likely to exceed the company´s initial compensation offer of 11,000 Euros (14,460 dollars/9,180 pounds) according to the Carlo Rienzi, the president of the Italian consumer group Codacons. Rienzi´s statement was made in response to several other consumer groups signing an agreement … Read more