CRINKLEY v. HOLIDAY INNS, INC.

No. 87-1547.

844 F.2d 156 (1988)

Sarah B. CRINKLEY; James E. Crinkley, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOLIDAY INNS, INC.; Traveler's Management Corporation, a/k/a Travco; American Health Home, Inc.; Frank Schilagi; C. Roger Harris, Defendants-Appellants, and Tola J. Litaker, individually; Dennis L. Hall, individually; John A. Howard, Jr., individually and as partners in Summit Associates, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen McDaniel Russell, Winston-Salem, N.C., Lloyd C. Caudle, Charlotte, N.C., William Kearns Davis, Winston-Salem, N.C., for defendants-appellants.

Kennon C. Walden, Jr. (Walden & Walden, P.C., Blackstone, Va., on brief), Walter E. Clark, Jr., Greensboro, N.C., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before HALL, PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

This is a civil action in which various defendants associated with the Holiday Inns enterprise appeal from jury verdicts finding them liable for personal injuries inflicted by third persons upon the plaintiffs Crinkley, while the Crinkleys were guests in a Holiday Inn Motel. The defendants raise several issues on appeal, principally that the district court erred in denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict...

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