Tag Archives: Injury Lawsuits

by | August 17, 2013 · 7:12 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Texas Motel Sued By Guest Injured When “Defective Chair” Collapsed; “Latent, Unreasonably Dangerous Condition”

“…As he prepared for bed, he sat down in a chair to remove his boots…the chair collapsed under plaintiff causing him injury, the suit states. The Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsdefective chair presented a latent, unreasonably dangerous condition…(the plaintiff) injured his left forearm, ribs and back when the chair collapsed, for which he seeks damages within the jurisdictional limits of the court…”

While staying at a Comfort Inn in Orange, Allen Doverspike, an Oklahoma resident, sat in a chair and began to take his boots off when the chair collapsed. Seeking less than $1 million for his injuries, Doverspike filed suit against Hospitality Operations on Aug. 5 in Jefferson County District Court.

According to the lawsuit, on Jan. 30 Doverspike checked into the Orange Comfort Inn.

The suit asserts the defendant should have repaired or replaced the chair.

For more:  http://setexasrecord.com/news/288232-man-sues-motel-after-chair-collapses-while-taking-off-boots

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by | August 13, 2013 · 6:00 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Louisiana Motel Sued For “Negligence” After Guest Falls Down Flight Of Stairs; Claims Poor Lighting Led To Injuries

“…The lawsuit is seeking an award of damages for medical expenses, loss of impairment of earnings or earning capacity, physical pain, mental Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsanguish, physical impairment, physical disfigurement, mental impairment, loss of society and/or consortium, mental anguish, loss of household services, interest, court costs and attorney’s fees…”

A Super 8 Motel in Alexandria, La., is being sued after a guest fell down a flight of stairs due to poor lighting. Sonya Lynn Moore and J. David Moore filed suit against Super 8 Worldwide Inc., H.L. & H. Holding Co. Inc., Wyndham Worldwide Inc., individually and doing business as Wyndham Hotel Group, on July 3, 2013 in Jefferson County District Court. The defendants removed the case to Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division on Aug. 8.

The plaintiffs were guests on the premises of the Super 8 Motel in Alexandria on Jan. 24, 2013, when Sonya Moore allegedly fell down a flight of stairs.

The defendants are accused of negligence due to a lack of adequate lighting.

For more:  http://setexasrecord.com/news/288075-super-8-motel-sued-after-guest-falls-down-stairs

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by | April 19, 2013 · 6:49 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Pennsylvania Restaurant Franchisee Sued By Manager Who Fractured Ankle After Slipping In Puddle Of Water; Seeking Over $50,000 In Damages

“…The suit alleges that (plaintiff) sustained an ankle fracture that required surgery after she slipped on a puddle of water at the KFC restaurant Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsthat she managed…she sustained the ankle fracture, contusions, abrasions, lacerations and nerve damage, as well as trauma, mental upset, anguish and humiliation…”

A case involving a Philadelphia-area fast food manager who claims she broke her ankle after slipping on a puddle of water at her place of employment may have to proceed in federal, not state court, after defense attorneys filed a motion to transfer the litigation. Nicholas J. Renzi, of Adams Renzi Law in Philadelphia, filed a personal injury complaint at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on April 2 on behalf of his client, city resident Benet Moultrie-Long and her husband, Curtis Long.

On that same day, employees with Temple, Texas-based McLane Foodservice Inc. and McLane Company had delivered frozen items to the fast food restaurant, which is located in Conshohocken, Montgomery County.

This week, attorney Jon Michael Dumont, of the Philadelphia firm Rawle & Henderson, filed a petition with the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia seeking to move the litigation to that venue.

The defense lawyers contend that in reading the plaintiff’s lawsuit, it appears damages would exceed the $50,000 jurisdictional limit at the Court of Common Pleas.

For more:  http://pennrecord.com/news/9790-defense-lawyers-petition-to-remove-kfc-injury-case-to-federal-court

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by | March 27, 2013 · 5:24 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Louisiana Hotel Sued For “Injuries Sustained By A Handicapped Guest”; Failure To Provide A Ramp Or Safe Access From Parking Lot To Room

“…the (hotel ownership) is accused of failure to provide a safe access/handicap access from the parking lot to the elevated walkway in front of the Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitsroom assigned to the (plaintiff)…an unspecified amount is sought for pain and suffering, mental anguish, embarrassment, humiliation, permanent disability, medical expenses and loss of income/ earning capacity…”

A local branch of a national hotel chain is being sued on claims of damages for injuries sustained by a handicapped guest. Anne G. and Timothy Conwell filed a lawsuit against Days Inn Inc., Days Inn Hotel 10020 I-19 Service Road New Orleans, La. and Nguyen, Nguyen & Vu LLC in the Orleans Parish Central District Court on Jan. 22.

The Conwells claim that while registered guest at Days Inn, Anne Conwell, who suffers from a handicap, fell and broke her right arm, ball and socket joint of her right shoulder, struck her head and suffered severe injuries to her hip and back. The suit claims that the fall was a result of the defendant’s parking area not having a handicap ramp or other access from the parking area onto the walkway and entrance to the first floor level rooms.

For more:  http://louisianarecord.com/news/250306-texas-couple-files-suit-against-days-inn-for-damages

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by | February 28, 2013 · 7:43 am

Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: New York Restaurant And Nightclub Sued By Employee For “Significant Hearing Loss”; Music Volume At 96 Decibels

“…(the club) began offering its employees earplugs and hearing tests…it was then that she discovered her hearing loss. Initially, she said, one of the club’s executives said she could probably work at the door, but she Hospitality Industry Injury Lawsuitswas later told that would not happen. She was also charged retroactively, she said, for additional tests and treatment related to her hearing damage…”

Alexis Clemente knew the music was extraordinarily loud at Lavo, the celebrity playpen in Midtown Manhattan where she worked for two years as a hostess. Ms. Clemente had significant hearing loss in her right ear, most likely caused by noise exposure, an audiologist found. She was told to immediately stop working in loud environments to prevent it from getting worse.

After the test, she told her supervisors about the results, she said, and asked to be placed at the door, slightly removed from the din. But her employers refused, she said, failed to offer her another position, fired her and canceled her health insurance.

This week, she sued. The suit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, was reported this week by The New York Post.

She often complained about the noise, she said, but her employers did not take action until last summer, after The Times recorded and reported volumes averaging 96 decibels, akin to a power mower, in Lavo’s restaurant. Legally, workers should not be exposed to that volume for over three and a half hours without ear protection. And Lavo employees said the volumes at the downstairs club were far worse.

For more:  http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/nyregion/ex-hostess-at-lavo-sues-claiming-loud-music-damaged-her-hearing.html?_r=0

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