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Simona Kitanovska

Widower Of Woman Who Died From Disease Caught In The Caribbean Files Suit

The widower of a grandmother who died of Legionnaires’ disease on a Caribbean vacation to celebrate her 70th birthday has launched legal action against a tour operator.

Lynn Stigwood caught the deadly bug during a 10-day stay at the Grand Sirenis resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in 2019 with her husband Melvyn. Ms. Stigwood started vomiting and suffering from diarrhea and was struggling to breathe before being taken to a local hospital.

She she was placed in an induced coma before being transferred to Florida for further treatment. Ms. Stigwood spent the next month in a coma but never regained consciousness. She died on September 29, 2019, just six days after her 70th birthday.

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