Lawyers dump over 6,500 holiday sickness claims over fraud concerns
(World News UK)

LAWYERS are refusing to handle hundreds of holiday sickness claims and have dumped at least 6,500 cases over fraud concerns, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. After stomach bug compensation claims rose 600 per cent from 5,000 to 35,000 in just three years, travel operators launched a summer crackdown - using undercover investigators to thwart suspicious claims and instructing their own lawyers to launch counter-claims. Getty - Contributor As a result, Britain´s three biggest tour operators saw lawsuits plummet at an almost identical rate. Thomas Cook has seen 4,500 claims against them dropped, TUI saw 1,800 and...