Pages On: Food Poisoning
We often take for granted that restaurants provide food that is safe for us to eat. However, with only slightly dipping food hygiene standards can a case of food poisoning occur. Food poising is almost entirely preventable, and so if a restaurant or take away has failed in this duty of care to you, they may be liable. Whilst it is difficult to prove liability for food poising, if the provider has seriously damaged your digestive organs, you may stand a real chance of claiming compensation.
Holidaymaker seeks damages
Posted: 15 August 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Food Poisoning
24-year-old Jake Ankers has embarked on a battle for compensation after returning from a trip to a luxury holiday resort in Egypt with Salmonella. Mr Ankers had booked the all-inclusive trip to Sharm El Sheikh’s Sensatori Hotel through the tour operator Thomson Holidays, but was forced to return home with serious food poisoning. After developing severe symptoms, including abdominal pains, diarrhoea and a fever, he was forced to seek local medical attention. He was finally diagnosed with the bug upon returning from the trip, with symptoms so severe that he…
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Woman dies on Thomson holiday
Posted: 31 May 2015
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Food Poisoning, Wrongful & Accidental Death
In 2012 a mother-of-two died after eating a sorbet on holiday in Greece, despite warning her travel provider and hotel of her food allergies. 50-year-old Amanda Thompson, from Rochdale in Greater Manchester, collapsed in the Rhodes hotel after consuming strawberry sorbet. It was heard in Rochdale Coroner’s Court that Mrs Thompson had warned the holiday provider, Thomson, that she was unable to eat milk, eggs or apples due to severe allergies. Mrs Thompson had been on holiday with her family when she suffered the anaphylactic shock. North Manchester coroner Simon…
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Couple blames Thomson for food poisoning abroad
Posted: 20 September 2014
Posted in: Accidents and Sickness Abroad, Food Poisoning
A retired couple from Bristol has blamed travel company Thomson for the serious food poisoning they suffered with while on holiday in the Canary Islands. David and Lynne Fossey suffered serious gastroenteritis during their stay at ClubHotel Riu Oliva Beach Resort, Fuerteventura, and were left bed-bound for days. Mr Fossey said that the hotel had been run-down, with many of the meals being regularly left ‘uncovered’ and served ‘lukewarm’. The couple were both diagnosed with gastroenteritis by the resort doctor, suffering with symptoms such as severe stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhoea…
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Contaminated hospital feed kills second baby
Posted: 13 June 2014
Posted in: Birth Injury, Food Poisoning, Medical Negligence, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Another baby has died at St Thomas’ Hospital in London from what is believed to have been a contaminated food supply. Twenty-two babies are currently being treated for blood poisoning in connection with the infectious outbreak. All of the babies were being fed a liquid mixture of nutrients directly into their bloodstream, after which the babies developed septicemia. Public Health England said that the septicemia was caused by the Bacillus cereus bacterium, a form of bacteria linked closely with an “intravenous fluid supplied by ITH Pharma”. Public Health England (PHE)…
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Woman hospitalised after drinking Waitrose coffee containing cleaning fluid
Posted: 30 March 2014
Posted in: Food Poisoning, Public Place Accidents, Restaurant Accidents, Shop Accidents
A woman was rushed to hospital after she drank a free coffee offered to her by Waitrose that happened to contain cleaning fluid. The coffee was offered to the woman as part of the store’s membership card scheme; however, paramedics were quickly called when she began to feel ill. She was taken immediately from the East Sussex branch of the supermarket to the specialist burns unit in the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The woman spent hours in the hospital before feeling well enough to return home. The woman’s…
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