Coburn v. Delmonico Hotel Corp.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs below from an adverse summary judgment. The action was by the appellant Doris K. Co-burn for damages for personal injuries suffered by her in a fall on the premises of a hotel owned and operated by the appellee. She was joined in the action by her husband who sought derivative damages.

The plaintiff Doris Coburn alleged that while a guest of the hotel she fell on a shuffleboard court on the pool deck while proceeding to a nearby telephone after being paged. It was alleged that the shuffleboard court was raised 3% inches above the pool deck level and was…