AVERITT v. SOUTHLAND MOTOR INN OF OKLAHOMA

No. 81-1433.

720 F.2d 1178 (1983)

William Michael AVERITT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHLAND MOTOR INN OF OKLAHOMA, d/b/a Sheraton Inn-Skyline East Hotel and Sheraton Inns, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Gary Thomas, Dallas, Tex. (Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr., of Maxwell, Godwin, Bennett, Thomas, Carlton & Maxwell, Dallas, Tex., and Don L. Dees, Tulsa, Okl., with him on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Roy C. Breedlove of Jones, Givens, Gotcher, Doyle & Bogan, Tulsa, Okl., for defendant-appellant Southland Motor Inn Corp. of Oklahoma.

Burck Bailey, Oklahoma, Okl. (Margaret McMorrow-Love, of Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on the brief), for defendant-appellant Sheraton Inns, Inc.

Before HOLLOWAY, BARRETT and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Sheraton Inns, Inc. and Southland Motor Inn Corporation of Oklahoma d/b/a Sheraton Inn-Skyline East Hotel (Southland) appeal from a judgment awarding punitive damages to plaintiff William Michael Averitt. Averitt brought this diversity suit against the defendants after he contracted shigella from eating at the Sheraton Inn-Skyline East Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

On March 28, 1978,...

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