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Schroyer v. McNeal
Citation:
592 A.2d 1119 (Md. 1991).Facts
Plaintiff arrived at the hotel in the early evening during or just after snow fall. The area directly in front of the hotel lobby had been shoveled, which Plaintiff noticed. She requested a room furthest from the lobby, however, as she needed to haul items from her vehicle to the hotel room. This was done despite the hotel’s policy of not renting out such rooms during inclement weather. This portion of the sidewalk was not shoveled.
Plaintiff took belongings and traveled from the vehicle to the hotel room carefully on her first trip into the hotel room. However, on the return trip back to her vehicle, she slipped and fell, sustaining injuries for which she would later file her negligence claim.
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