Legal Opinion
Searle v. Wyndham International, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 15, 2002No. D039145PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BENKE, J.
In the end, we find that how and what a hotel pays its room
service servers is a matter between the hotel and the servers. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment entered on an order sustaining without leave to amend a hotel’s demurrer to an unfair business practice complaint brought by a hotel patron. The patron alleged a 17 percent service charge the hotel adds to its room service bills is paid directly to room service servers and that, in failing to expressly advise patrons about this aspect of the server’s compensation, the hotel is engaging in a deceptive practice which…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Barquis v. Merchants Collection Assn.California Supreme Court · 1972
- South Bay Chevrolet v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1999
- Industrial Welfare Commission v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Glaire v. La Lanne-Paris Health Spa, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1974
- Hewlett v. Squaw Valley Ski Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1997
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