Jackson v. Hilton Hotels Corp.

BACKGROUND

The plaintiffs-appellants, James Jackson, and his wife Mary Jackson, appeal from the trial court’s dismissal with prejudice of their two-count second amended complaint. In count I James Jackson sought damages from the defendant-appellee, Hilton Hotels Corporation, for its alleged negligence in causing a back injury he received in attempting to lift an object from its loading dock onto a truck. In count II, Mary Jackson sought recovery from the defendant for loss of consortium arising from James Jackson’s injury.

FACTS

The second amended complaint alleged as follows: On April 4, 1991,…