If you are unlucky enough to suffer an illness or injury when you should be enjoying a relaxing holiday or abroad for other reason, there is a chance that you are entitled to claim personal injury compensation.
What should you do...
Report the Incident
Where possible, you should also try to ensure that details are recorded in any available accident book and reported to your travel representative.
If appropriate, also report the accident to the hotel and ask that they keep a written record of the event and provide you with a copy of the same.
Keep a Record
It is important to record as much detail as possible. This could include witness information and photographs.
Seek medical assistance as a matter of urgency. In certain countries, it is a requirement that you seek medical assistance within a very short period of time after the accident in order to maintain your right to pursue a claim for damages. As such, if you have suffered injuries as a result of an accident that occurred in a foreign country, you should seek medical attention as soon as you realise that you have been injured to prevent any suggestion that the injuries could have been suffered in a different location.
Obtain Specialist Advice
As with any personal injury claim, the advice and assistance of a specialist is invaluable. They can collate all of the relevant information, provide guidance on the injury claim process and negotiate a suitable settlement with the third party insurers.
In every case, medical evidence will be required, and it is necessary to show that the person you are making a claim against owed you a duty of care, that they breached that duty of care (were negligent), and that the injury you sustained was a reasonably foreseeable consequence of that negligence.
Please contact our Personal Injury Department on 0121 698 2200, via email to pi@sydneymitchell.co.uk or fill in our online enquiry form.
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