Ling v. Hosts Incorporated

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Ling, a paying guest in defendant’s hotel, recovered judgment on a jury verdict for personal injury from a fall in the hotel lobby. Defendant’s appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence of its negligence and correctness of the jury instructions as to the duty of care defendant owed plaintiff.

Alleged cause of the fall was defendant’s negligence in failing to: (1) remove accumulated water from the marble floor at the place where plaintiff fell, and (2) warn him of its dangerous condition.

I. In considering the sufficiency of the evidence of defendant’s…