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Torts Keyed to Underwood
Schroyer v. McNeal
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The plaintiff arrived at the defendant’s inn to rent a room. At the time, approximately four inches of sleet and ice had accumulated. However, the area in front of and surrounding the main lobby area had been shoveled. The plaintiff visited the front desk and acquired a room. The plaintiff was assigned a room close to the west side entrance, which was at the far end of the hall away from the inn’s lobby. This was done notwithstanding the hotel’s policy of not assigning such rooms during inclement weather. The plaintiff was also not advised that she should not use the west entrance and, of course, no warnings to that effect were posted near that entrance. On one of her trips to her car to retrieve her belongings, the plaintiff slipped and fell and was injured.
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