Walkoviak v. Hilton Hotels Corp.

COULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs Jerome Leon Walkoviak (appellant) and Florists’ Mutual Insurance Company (appellant Insurance Company) from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant Hilton Hotels Corporation (appellee) in a suit for personal injuries caused by the criminal activities of third persons, based upon the alleged negligence of the defendant Hilton Hotels Corporation in failing to provide adequate security. We reverse the judgment and remand the case to the trial court.

In mid-August of 1975 appellant attended a business convention at the Shamrock Hilton Hotel…