Title: Windecker complains: Who pays after the accident in the Costa Rica?
<p> <strong> Title: Windecker complains: Who pays after the accident in the Costa Rica? </strong> </p>
Legal dispute over alleged paragliding flight in Costa Rica
A judicial conflict has attracted attention in Germany when a woman from Windeck sued her foreign health insurance. The dispute revolves around the assumption of the treatment costs of $ 135,000, which was incurred in a hospital in Costa Rica. The insurance company refuses to cover the costs because it offers no protection for risks from sports such as paragliding.
The case is negotiated before the 21st civil chamber at the Bonn district court. The plaintiff claims to have injured hiking when she was traveling with her son in the mountains of Costa Ricas on New Year's Day. She fell from a rock and suffered a serious injury to the right shin and a vertebral injury. This was done directly with a family excursion, in which the two wanted to hike to waterfalls.
After the applicant was presented, her son called for help after the accident, which caused an ambulance to be requested. The diagnosis in the hospital confirmed the serious injuries. The son tried to receive a coverage of the insurance company, but this was only partially possible. In order to cover the high treatment costs, the relatives were forced to accept a mortgage to their holiday home.
opinion of the insurance
However, the insurance company has a different view of the events and argues that the accident happened during a paragliding flight. A detective used on site has determined this, and it is claimed that bribes have been paid to present the accident as a hiking accident. Both the plaintiff and her son are known to regularly practice paragliding during her stays in Costa Rica, but state that they have paused on that day.
The son confirmed the statements of his mother. Although the parties have different perspectives, they could not agree on a comparison. The chamber now intends to make a decision by the end of May and listen to possible witnesses from Costa Rica in a video conference to contribute to clarifying the facts.