Dearmon v. St. Ann Lodging, L. L.C.

Judge Roland L. Belsome

The plaintiffs/appellants, Norris "Mickey" Dearmon, Shawn Rivers, John Roper, II, Shawn White, and David Bexlay (collectively the "plaintiffs"), appeal the trial court's granting of summary judgment in favor of appellees, St. Ann Lodging, LLC d/b/a Bourbon Orleans Hotel and QBE North America Insurance Group (collectively the "Hotel"). For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand the matter for further proceedings.

On November 21, 2013, the plaintiffs were guests of the hotel when they were beaten and robbed in their hotel room after opening the door for unknown…