Virginia D. v. Madesco Investment Corp.
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Judge.
The plaintiff complained that she had been assaulted and sexually molested by a male intruder in a ladies’ restroom of a motor hotel and that the defendant hotel operator was negligent in various respects.1 The petition alleged that the defendant *883knew, or in the exercise of due care should have known, of the possibility that an assailant might conceal himself in the restroom, and that it was therefore dangerous. The plaintiff had a nine-juror verdict for $100,000. The defendant moved for judgment in accordance with its motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Goldberg v. Housing Auth. of City of NewarkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1962
- Sarah B. Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Scheibel v. HillisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Hughes v. St. Louis National League Baseball Club, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1949
- Murphy v. Penn Fruit Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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- Madden v. C & K Barbecue Carryout, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1988
- Sherrill v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
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