Legal Opinion
Burnham v. Humphrey Hospitality Reit Trust, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 4, 2005No. 04-3062PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Mary Burnham was injured in a shower at the Super 8 Motel in Park City, Kansas. Defendants-Appel-lees Humphrey Hospitality Trust, Inc., et al., moved to dismiss, arguing that the statute of limitations for negligence barred the suit. The District Court granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss. Ms. Burn-ham timely appeals, claiming that under Kansas law she had commenced this suit prior to the running of the statute of limitations for a negligence claim or alternatively that her complaint sounds in contract as well as tort and therefore the…
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