Days Inns of America, Inc. v. Matt

Hunt, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Matt v. Days Inns of America, 212 Ga. App. 792 (443 SE2d 290) (1994) to determine whether, in this suit by a hotel guest for injuries resulting from an attack by an unknown assailant, the Court of Appeals applied the appropriate standard in reversing the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Days Inns. We affirm.

In Lau’s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (1) (405 SE2d 474) (1991), we reiterated the applicable law in this type of case. To begin with, a proprietor’s duty to invitees is to “exercise ordinary care in keeping…