Legal Opinion
Slota v. Moorings, Ltd.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 26, 1985No. 509PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIEAND, Judge:
Robert E. Slota and his wife, Deanna, together with their friends, Norman and Maryellen Shachoy, commenced an action against The Moorings, Ltd. to recover burglary losses sustained while they were guests at a hotel owned by the defendant, from whom they had also chartered a yacht, in St. Lucia, British West Indies. The Slotas are residents of Pennsylvania; and the Shachoys are residents of Massachusetts. The Moorings, Ltd. is a corporation organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands; it has neither office nor place of business in Pennsylvania. The trial court…
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