Legal Opinion

Dunegan v. Apico Inns of Green Tree, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 2, 1986No. 1188PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIEAND, Judge:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether a motor inn which provides an area in which its patrons can park their automobiles becomes liable on a theory of implied contract to a patron whose vehicle is stolen by a third person. The trial court held that under the circumstances of the instant case there could be no such liability and entered summary judgment in favor of the owner of the motor inn. We affirm.

*389On Friday, June 15, 1984, Gerald J. Dunegan, a dentist, together with his wife and two dental assistants, drove to the Green Tree Holiday Inn, a motor inn owned by appellee,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Sparrow v. Airport Parking Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  2. Ellish v. Airport Parking Co. of America, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
  3. Taylor v. Philadelphia Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
  4. Wall v. Airport Parking Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Lewis v. EbersoleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Dunegan v. Apico Inns of Green Tree, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. Torchia v. Cedar Fair L.P., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County2004

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