Howard v. Omni Hotels Management Corp.

Opinion

HUFFMAN, J.

While he was a guest at the San Diego Omni Hotel, plaintiff and appellant Ronald Howard (Howard) slipped in a bathtub and was injured. Howard brought a personal injury action for damages against the manufacturer of the bathtub, defendant and respondent, Kohler Co. (Kohler), on theories of negligence and strict product liability. Howard also sued defendant and appellant Omni Hotels Management Corporation (Omni; sometimes referred to with Kohler as Defendants) on theories of premises liability and negligence. Howard’s complaint alleges that the hotel bathtub was defective…