SAN DIEGO (CN) - Nine people claim they contracted meningitis and/or other deadly diseases two years ago from a pool at the Grand Pacific Palisades Resort in Carlsbad.
Lead plaintiff Gerald Green claim that during their stay in August 2010 the hotel failed to properly sanitize its family swimming pool. Plaintiff claim that hotel staff told them later that "the pool had been closed due to prior fecal or other form of contamination."
"Plaintiffs were caused to sustain severe personal injuries, including, but not limited to symptoms of fever, headache, myalgias [muscle pain], vomiting and diarrhea, resulting in diagnoses to include meningitis and aggravated multiple sclerosis," the complaint states.
Meningitis is a potentially fatal disease caused by inflammation of the protective membranes of the brain and spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis, which causes damage to nerves in the brain and spinal cord, is a debilitating disease with no known cure.
(It is not clear from the complaint whether the plaintiffs complain that the pool caused "aggravated multiple sclerosis," or whether it "aggravated multiple sclerosis.")
The plaintiffs claim the hotel failed to sanitize the pool, fill it with clean water, use purification chemicals or "obtain proper certification of health & safety codes to reopen pool and water park facilities after pool closure."
Four of the plaintiffs are children. All are represented by Dennis Stout with Heiting and Irwin of Riverside.
They seek medical costs, damages and punitive damages for premises liability, negligence, gross negligence, public nuisance and loss of consortium.
Grand Pacific Palisades Resort did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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