BOLES v. LA QUINTA MOTOR INNS

No. 81-2098.

680 F.2d 1077 (1982)

Jackie Bernice BOLES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LA QUINTA MOTOR INNS, a Texas corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Groce, Locke & Hebdon, Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Bonds, Matthews, Bonds & Hayes, Albert R. Matthews, Dan L. Matthews, A. Camp Bonds, Jr., Muskogee, Okl., Arnulfo Gonzalez, Jr., Laredo, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

This suit was brought by Jackie Bernice Boles against La Quinta Motor Inns for personal injuries sustained while she was a guest at La Quinta Motor Hotel in Laredo, Texas. On October 14, 1977, Mrs. Boles was raped while she was a guest at the motel. As she opened the door to her motel room one evening, an attacker pushed her inside and raped her. The rapist bound and gagged her and left, threatening to return and kill her. Alone in the pitch-dark...

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