ZALDIN v. CONCORD HOTEL


48 N.Y.2d 107 (1979)

Anna Zaldin et al., Plaintiffs, v. Concord Hotel, Defendant. (Action No. 1.) William Modell et al., Appellants, v. Kiamesha Concord, Inc., Respondent. (Action No. 2.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert P. Polk and Frederic R. Mindlin for appellants.

Carl P. Goldstein and Richard A. Stoloff for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and MEYER concur.


FUCHSBERG, J.

We treat here with section 200 of the General Business Law, a statute delineating the responsibilities of the hotel industry with regard to the valuables of its millions of patrons.

Plaintiffs, registered guests, bring suit on a theory of absolute liability for the loss of two valuable diamond rings which disappeared from their hotel room. In its answer, the defendant hotel pleaded section...

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