WOODTY v. WESTON'S LAMPLIGHTER MOTELS

No. 1 CA-CV 90-215.

171 Ariz. 265 (1992)

830 P.2d 477

Arley WOODTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTON'S LAMPLIGHTER MOTELS d/b/a Page Boy Motel, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division One, Department C.

May 7, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Frederick C. Creasy, Jr. by Frederick C. Creasy, Jr. and David W. Hume, Scottsdale, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas, Burke and Phillips, P.C. by Craig W. Phillips, Craig McCarthy, Benjamin C. Thomas and Marc A. Appel, Phoenix, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

GRANT, Presiding Judge.

This appeal presents a question of first impression in Arizona: What is a motel owner's duty, if any, to a visitor of a registered guest of the motel? In answering this question we must analyze the legal status of such a visitor and any resulting duty owed to plaintiff's decedent, who was a visitor to the room of a registered guest at defendant-appellee's Weston's Lamplighter Motels dba Page Boy Motel ("the motel").

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