BUDOFF v. HOLIDAY INNS, INC.

No. 83-5115.

732 F.2d 1523 (1984)

Eleanor BUDOFF, Natural Mother of Kenneth Budoff, and Esther Budoff and Kenneth Budoff, Individually and Esther Budoff, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOLIDAY INNS, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Shuttleworth, Shuttleworth, Smith, Millar & Sabbatini, Memphis, Tenn., Leo Bearman, Jr. (argued) Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

James F. Schaeffer, Sr. (argued), James F. Schaeffer, Jr., Schaeffer & Schaeffer, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MERRITT and JONES, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 3, 1984.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

On January 17, 1980, Norman Budoff was shot and killed by an assailant in a guest room he was occupying at a Holiday Inns motel located in Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Budoff's children subsequently filed a wrongful death action against Holiday Inns, Inc., alleging that Mr. Budoff's death was proximately caused by Holiday Inns' failure to make adequate provisions for the safety of its...

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