Sandals Resort Dodges Tourist’s Wedding Injury Suit

Feb. 20, 2019, 2:20 PM UTC

Sandals Resorts International Ltd. is off the hook on claims it is liable for a Connecticut man’s serious injuries suffered at his daughter’s wedding, a federal court ruled.

The Feb. 19 decision is the latest rejecting tort claims against popular Caribbean resorts for lack of jurisdiction. A federal court in Tennessee threw out a woman’s injury suit in December 2018 where a Cancun resort had no connections to the state.

Here, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut granted a dismissal to Jamaica-based Sandals.

A tree branch at the Sandals Regency La Toc Golf Resort and Spa in ...

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