Marriott Corp. v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.

RALPH M. BURNETT, Judge,

Specially Assigned.

This appeal involves a multi-million dollar law suit based on four hours of lost long distance telephone service. The appellant is the Marriott Corporation (“Marriott”). The appellee is the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland 1 (“C & P”) which, along with various co-defendants 2 , was sued by Marriott for negligence and gross negligence in connection with the lost service.

Marriott is a well known owner and operator of hotels throughout the world. Reservations for its hotels are pro cessed at the Frederick Computer Data Center located…