Cancun Resort Fends Off Vacationer’s Injury Suit

A Mexican resort has too few connections to the U.S. to sustain a personal injury lawsuit by a Tennessee vacationer, a federal court ruled.

The Dec. 26 decision by the U.S. District Court for the the Middle District of Tennessee reflects the difficulty U.S. citizens can have when suing foreign resorts over vacations gone wrong.

Emily Reilly’s claims that Grupo Posadas SAB de CV can be haled into court because it has 10,000 vacation club members from the U.S., marketed its Live Aqua Beach Resorts to Americans online, and received millions in revenue from Tennessee residents aren’t enough, the court ...