Fund v. Hotel Lenox of Boston, Inc.

Karen Edwards, a thirty-four year old attorney from Clearwater, Florida, was stabbed to death on June 1, 1989, in room 624 of the Lenox Hotel (Lenox) in Boston. She had checked into the Lenox minutes before. Her mur derer was never identified. In this action the plaintiff, as administrator of Karen Edwards’s estate, seeks damages for her wrongful death (G. L. c. 229, § 2 [1992 ed.]) and pain and suffering against the corporate owner and corporate manager of the hotel, respectively. We shall refer to the defendants collectively as the hotel.

The hotel moved for summary judgment. A judge of the…