Legal Opinion
Smith, Mary Jo v. Sheraton WA Hotel
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 10, 1998No. 96-7228, 96-7238PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge STEPHEN F. WILLIAMS.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
On June 2, 1993, the plaintiff, Mary Jo Smith, sustained head injuries when she fell off a ramp leading from a parking garage into a lobby of the Washington Sheraton Hotel. Invoking the district court’s diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, Smith named as defendants responsible for the condition of the ramp ITT Sheraton Corporation; Washington Sheraton Corporation; Sheraton Operating Corporation; Woodley Road Associates, Inc.; John Hancock Mutual Life…
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