Legal Opinion
Goncalves v. Regent International Hotels, Ltd.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 1983PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
A hotel will not be availed of limited liability provided by section 200 of the General Business Law for the loss or destruction of a guest’s property delivered to it for safekeeping unless the hotel establishes that it provided a “safe” within the meaning of that section. The hotel may be charged with its failure to provide an adequate facility.
Plaintiffs in these two consolidated cases were guests in late November, 1979, at the Mayfair Regent, a Manhattan luxury hotel owned and operated by defendants. Each plaintiff was traveling with an extensive…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Basso v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Licari v. ElliottNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Akins v. Glens Falls City School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Gross v. SweetNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Ripley v. International Railways of Central AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
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3Cited by48 opinions
- In Re the Judicial Dissolution of Kemp & Beatley, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Care Travel Company, Ltd. v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Uribe v. MERCHS. BANK OF NYNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- White v. Village of HomewoodAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993
- Karvaly v. Ebay, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2007
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