“…(the suit claims) the hotel was obligated to provide a safe place for its employees to work, (but) the outside stairwell doors were left unlocked as 
part of hotel policy…the suit claims the hotel’s employees routinely left exit doors to the stairwells unlocked from the outside, and the family’s attorney said this allowed the homeless (man) to come inside and sleep…the safety threat posed by the unlocked doors was foreseeable and should have been prevented…”
The family of a security guard who was stabbed to death while on duty has sued the hotel where he worked. Richard Campbell was stabbed to death on his 58th birthday, Dec. 7, when he confronted a man in the stairwell of the Hilton Netherland Plaza in downtown Cincinnati. Joseph Tucker pleaded guilty last month to one count of murder in the slaying and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
Tucker said he was high on marijuana and drunk at the time, and he said he’s not sure why he stabbed Campbell. Police said Tucker was in the process of stealing something when the security guard confronted him. Campbell’s brothers and sisters filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, claiming the hotel was negligent.
