McNeal v. Days Inn of America, Inc.

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Roy David McNeal checked into the Days Inn in Rome, Georgia, on May 9, 1994, after he and two co-workers had driven from Jacksonville, Florida, to perform work in that city. After checking in at 10:00 p.m., the men walked to a next-door Shoney’s restaurant for dinner. They walked back to the Days Inn at about 10:30 p.m., and they were attacked in the hotel parking lot by at least four men who had followed them into the parking lot. McNeal’s left eye socket, cheek bone and nose were broken, and his injuries are permanent.

McNeal and his wife filed suit against Days Inn…