Legal Opinion
Governor House v. Schmidt
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 20, 1971No. 5982PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal results from (1) a directed verdict in favor of a hotel patron who left his car containing personal property with the doorman for parking in the basement garage under the hotel; and (2) from a judgment in favor of the garage on a cross-claim styled as “indemnification or contribution” by the hotel. The pleadings and trial centered around a claim of breach of ordinary care duty owed by the hotel as bailee and the subbailee garage. The trial judge, in directing the verdict at the close of all the evidence, ruled that the hotel was an insurer of the patron’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Quinn v. Milner ex rel. Hartford Fire Ins.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Hallman v. Federal Parking Services, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
- Miller v. Commonwealth Motor Hotels, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Merchants Fire Assur. Corp. of New York v. Zion's Securities Corp.Utah Supreme Court · 1945
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