Legal Opinion
Cynthia Fournier v. Best Western Treasure Island Resort
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 1992No. 91-2174PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Cynthia Fournier, a Massachusetts resident, having contracted to spend her vacation at a Best Western resort in Grand Cayman Island, was struck by a motor boat and injured while snorkeling. Fournier sued two Best Western entities, Best Western International Inc. (BWI) and Best Western Treasure Island Resort (Resorts), in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Approximately eighteen months later, the district court dismissed the action. Four-nier appeals. We affirm.
I
We first address a threshold issue that implicates the…
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