Gardner v. Best Western International, Inc.

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

The question in this summary judgment appeal is whether the law of the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico, provides a cause of action to an injured hotel guest against a nonprofit marketing association that contracted to provide quality control inspections for the hotel. We conclude that the law does provide a cause of action in some circumstances, and we therefore affirm the take-nothing summary judgment in part and reverse and remand in part.

Hilary Gardner, a resident of Scotland, was a guest at the Hotel Playa Blanca in Cancún, Mexico. On September 12, 1990,…