Let’s All Sue The Spa

August 27th, 2009 | by myarticlenetwork |

Health spas all over the country are being forced to introduce compulsory disclaimers to protect themselves against the dramatic increase in personal injury claims against them. The National Spa Authority reported a staggering 36% increase in the number of claims in the first 6 months of 2009. The situation has led to an increased depth in the spa treatment screening process of clientele and more legal protective procedures to be put in place.

A case last year of a woman suing a local spa after she claimed she was injured by a bad massage, is likely to be the cause of the increase in claim activity.Even though she had previously sought medical treatment for issues related to her back, she verbally confirmed with the therapist that she no longer had any problems.However, when she was left with temporary debilitating pains apparently caused by the treatment, she decided to make a claim and was given over ten grand her troubles.

Since then there has been a sharp increase in the amount of reported incidences at health spas. Although most of the cases have also been related to massage treatments, there are also lots of incidents such as skin burns, hair loss and even weight gain that people have tried to claim for.There has been a lot of speculation that for the most part the claims are fraudulent and filled by serial compensation seekers. A number of insurance companies have announced that they will take strong legal action against false claims, but this is still a worrying time for any health spa.

The advice that is being given out to all health spas at the moment is to be very diligent when it comes learning as much about the clients health and history as possible and also to maintain good standards of service. They are advised to source their skin care products from reputable companies, service and check over their equipment as often as possible, and maintain regular high quality treatment training for their therapists

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