Legal Opinion
Carris v. Marriott International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 16, 2006No. 06-1506PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim presents a question of conflict of laws that is very similar to the one we resolved in Spinozzi v. ITT Sheraton Corp., 174 F.3d 842 (7th Cir.1999). In response to a Sheraton advertisement in Illinois, Spinozzi had made a reservation at a resort hotel that Sheraton owned in Acapulco. One night after he arrived, the lights went out and searching in the dark for a room occupied by his friends he fell into an unguarded maintenance pit on the hotel grounds. In the ensuing diversity suit he asked the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gilbert v. Sycamore Municipal HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1993
- York v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical CenterIllinois Supreme Court · 2006
- Randolph L. Cook v. Oprah WinfreyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Esser v. McIntyreIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
- Bi-Rite Enterprises, Inc. v. Bruce Miner Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Abad v. Bayer Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Kamelgard v. MacUraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- Siegel v. Shell Oil Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2008
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