Legal Opinion
Nierman v. Hyatt Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 14, 2004PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
This is a negligence action brought by Massachusetts plaintiffs against a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Illinois, based on events that took place in Texas. The plaintiffs, Sylvia and Edward Nierman, seek damages for injuries allegedly sustained on January 15, 1994, in an accident at the defendant corporation’s (Hyatt’s) Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport (Hyatt Regency DFW). On January 15, 1997, three years to the day after the alleged accident, the Niermans filed a complaint in the Newton Division of the District Court Department seeking…
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