A compensation claim of £35,000 is to be claimed by a family as holiday compensation after their holiday in Lanzarote was ruined when their two small children caught a nasty stomach bug.
Five year old Emily Scotland and her one year old brother Charlie were struck down with the crippling stomach bug cryptosporidiosis, which is a parasitic infection which can be spread by using hotel swimming pools.
According to reports, tour operator First Choice is to face a compensation claim of £35,000 from the unhappy parents, Roddy and Julie.
Julie, 32, has claimed that her five year old daughter was doubled over with excruciating stomach pains after contracting the sickness and diarrhoea bug, her brother also showed similar but less severe symptoms.
Flamingo Beach Holiday Village in Playa Blanca was the place of stay for the family and according to reviews on the travel web site TripAdvisor, other holiday makers at the resort also suffered with the same illness.
The family had had an extraordinarily bad experience and the bug is of a particularly nasty strain which can leave lasting complications, stated a spokesperson from the Scotland’s legal team.
On the other hand, comment on the legal action was declined by a by a spokesperson from First Choice but he did state that the Holiday Village at Flamingo Beach was a popular resort, which scored highly in customer satisfaction reports.