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Hotel May Be Liable For Shooting In Parking Lot

A hotel may be liable to a guest who was shot in the parking lot, a Court has ruled. The suit was filed by a Plaintiff who was staying at a hotel located in a downtown area. The Plaintiff who was staying at a hotel located in a downtown area. The Plaintiff claimed he had selected the hotel based on representations that it was a safe, secure and reliable place to lodge. While he was retrieving his luggage from the car, he was approached by an individual who was not a guest of the hotel. The man demanded money, shot the Plaintiff and stole the car. The Plaintiff sued, alleging that the hotel knew it was in a known high-crime area and had failed to protect him from injury. The Court reasoned that because of a series of criminal incidents at the hotel, including 96 calls to the police in the three years prior to the Plaintiff�s shooting, the Court found that allegations here were sufficient to support a reasonable conclusion that the hotel �knew� its property was located in a high crime are, and that it was on notice that its guests were in danger of injury caused by similar criminal acts of third parties.

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