Sneider v. Hyatt Corporation

ORDER

RICHARD C. FREEMAN, District Judge.

This is a diversity action to recover for the wrongful death of a woman resulting from her fall from the twenty-first floor of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotel. Plaintiffs are the husband and daughter of the decedent. The action is presently before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment, which is founded on two undisputed facts, see Local Court R. 91.72: (1) at 10:24 P.M. on February 6, 1974, decedent, Mrs. Violet Sneider, registered as a guest at defendant’s Atlanta hotel; and (2) at approximately 12:00 noon on February 7, 1974, Mrs.…