Legal Opinion
Beckwith v. Interstate Hotels and Resorts,inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 4, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2014-0214PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Re Document No.: 27
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRANTING Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Connor Beckwith (“Beckwith”) was assaulted in a hotel where he was a guest. In this diversity action, he alleges that the hotel management company was negligent in maintaining security measures and in responding to the assault. The defendant has moved for summary judgment. To prevail at trial, Beckwith would need to prove, among other things, that the criminal assault was “so foreseeable that it became [the defendant’s] duty to guard against it by…
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