Sports and Leisure Injuries

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More than 400 British holidaymakers who endured a ‘holiday from hell’ at a resort in the Dominican Republic in summer 2007 have won their battle for compensation after the court approved a £1.9 million settlement. The holidaymakers, who...
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A woman has won £2,500 in damages for a foot injury she sustained while on a Club 18-30 holiday. The Scottish holidaymaker tripped on a step near the swimming pool at her hotel. The area was poorly lit and no measures had been taken to make guests...
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A holidaymaker who slipped on a wet marble floor has won £8,500 in compensation for the injuries she suffered. The woman, who is in her 50s, was on a package holiday at a hotel in Tenerife when the accident happened. She had left her room early in the...
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A woman whose holiday was ruined by a salmonella infection has won £22,000 in damages. Stacey Sewell, 32, was on an all inclusive package holiday with her family at a four star hotel in Gran Canaria when she contracted the bug. The symptoms can be...
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A former RAF aircraftman who was paralysed in an accident at a ‘Health and Fun Day’ has finally won his claim for compensation for his injuries more than seven years later. Robert Uren was 21 when the accident happened in July 2005. He was...
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A woman who injured her face when she crashed into a stanchion on a boat during a river trip has been awarded £55,000 in damages. In April 2008, Sinead McGlinchey, 23, was attending a surprise barbeque party, with four other women, that included a...
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A holidaymaker who was knocked unconscious after she slipped on water that had leaked from an air conditioning unit has won £37,000 in compensation from tour operator Thomas Cook. Sylvia McNicholl, 49, was on a family holiday at a hotel in Tenerife in...
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A scout leader who injured his back descending a fireman’s pole at an activity centre in Wales has won almost £170,000 in damages. Robert Wilson, 49, fractured one of the vertebrae in his back when he landed on his bottom after travelling too...
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Sixty-nine British people who contracted a stomach bug whilst on holiday in Spain have won more than £200,000 in compensation. The tourists visited the Beach Club Hotel in Torremolinos, Spain, between 2007 and 2008. While there, 60 of them suffered...
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A young woman whose hair caught fire when she was served a flaming cocktail has won damages for her injuries after a three-year legal battle. Charlotte Swaby, from Barnsley, was out celebrating her 19th birthday with friends. On such occasions, they had a...

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