Law firm instructed by family of woman who contracted disease on holiday

DONNA JOBLING CONTRACTED LUNG INFECTION WHILE STAYING AT THE SERGIOS HOTEL

- By DEBORAH HALL

TWO reported cases of Legionnaires' disease "associated with a history of travel to the Sergios Hotel" in Hersonissos, Crete, have been confirmed as Hudgell Solicitors said it been instructed to represent the family of Donna Jobling, from Hull.

Mrs Jobling, 57, was left in intensive care after contracting the lung infection while staying at the hotel in June.

The legal firm is also representing a 43-year-old woman from South Wales, who was taken ill in May. She spent two weeks in hospital shortly after returning home following a ten-night stay at the same all-inclusive hotel, with her best friend, as part of an easyJet holiday.

As part of its legal work investigating the cases, Hudgell's has received confirmation from the European Legionnaires' disease Surveillance Network (ELDSNet) of two separate reports of "travel-associated Legionnaires' disease associated with a history of travel to the Sergios Hotel".

Anne Thomson, of Hudgell's, said that although notifications to the ELDSNet are not to be taken as confirmation of the Sergios Hotel being the source of the infection, it justifies further questioning of the hotel's management and maintenance alongside the information being gathered from those affected, and their families.

"This is important further information to support our ongoing investigation," she said.

"We now have firsthand accounts from our clients and the ELDSNet confirmation of two separately reported cases of people who had stayed at the Sergios Hotel shortly before being diagnosed.