Tourist to Receive Holiday Sun Lounger Injury Compensation

An Irish tourist, who sustained head and neck injuries when a poolside lounger collapsed while she was sitting on it, has been awarded 38,000 Euros in holiday sun lounger injury compensation by a court in Dublin.

The Dublin Circuit Civil Court heard how Mary Lee (74) from Navan, County Meath, was enjoying a week´s break with her husband at the Hotel Galeazzi in Brescia, Italy, when the sun lounger on which she was reclining collapsed, causing Mary to fall to the floor and hit her head on the concrete poolside.

As she sat up, Mary felt disorientated and dizzy, and was immediately taken to the local hospital in Brescia where she was diagnosed with severe soft tissue injuries to her head, neck and spine. Mary was prescribed painkillers at the hospital, but continued to suffer from the pain of her injury and was bedbound for the remainder of her holiday.

On her return to Navan, Mary visited her local GP and was prescribed stronger painkillers. Unfortunately the pains continued in Mary´s neck and shoulders and she was unable to pursue a normal life. After taking legal advice, Mary made a claim for holiday sun lounger injury against the travel agents through which she had booked her holiday – The Travel Department of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.

The Travel Department denied liability for the injuries Mary had suffered and sought to have the owners of the hotel brought into proceedings as third party defendants. However, at the Circuit Civil Court Judge Jacqueline Linnane found in Mary´s favour and awarded her 38,000 Euros in holiday sun lounger injury compensation.