Allen v. Marriott Worldwide Corp.

CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR., J.,

Retired, Specially Assigned.

On January 5, 2007, the appellant, David Allen, filed suit in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against the appellees, Marriott Worldwide Corporation doing business as The Residence Inn (“Marriott”), and the Brickman Group Ltd. (“Brickman Group”). The suit charged the appellees with negligence and premises liability. It is a classic “slip and fall” scenario, in this case involving a slip and fall on ice. The significance of the case is that the slip and fall occurred not on “white ice” but on “black ice”. The defense was that of…