Taboada v. Daly Seven, Inc.

By Judge Clifford r. Weckstein

Ryan Taboada was the victim of a vicious criminal attack. In this suit, he says that the hotel at which he had just registered is liable for his damages. The hotel’s owner-operator, Daly Seven, Inc., demurs, asserting that there is no legal basis for Taboada’s claim.

According to his motion for judgment, Taboada checked into a Holiday Inn Express hotel in Roanoke, returned to his car to unload his luggage, and was savagely attacked by a caij acker, Derrick W. Smith. Smith shot Taboada eight times, ripped a watch Rom the wrist of Taboada’s young son, and, with…