PENCHAS v. HILTON HOTELS CORP.


198 A.D.2d 10 (1993)

603 N.Y.S.2d 48

Samuel Penchas et al., Respondents, v. Hilton Hotels Corporation, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 4, 1993


Plaintiffs commenced the underlying negligence action against defendant hotel to recover damages arising from the theft of a tote bag containing jewelry and other valuables. Upon checking out of the hotel after a five day stay, Mrs. Penchas retrieved her jewelry from the hotel safe and placed them in a tote bag. The couple's luggage was loaded into a livery cab which was parked in defendant's U-shaped off-street driveway entrance. Mrs. Penchas placed the tote bag in the middle...

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