CONNELLY v. FAMILY INNS OF AMERICA, INC.

No. COA99-1241.

540 S.E.2d 38 (2000)

Mary Ellen CONNELLY, Robert Connelly, Brian Connelly, a minor, by and through his Guardian Ad Litem, Nancy McBride, and Nellie Lockett, Plaintiffs, v. FAMILY INNS OF AMERICA, INC., Family Inns of America Franchising, Inc., Innco Management Corporation, Rowland Associates, Ltd., a limited partnership, Bill Thomas, Kenneth Seaton, Wayne Davis, and Gerald Williamson, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, by Jack L. Cozort and Stephen D. Coggins, Raleigh, for the plaintiff-appellants.

Young, Moore & Henderson, by John A. Michaels and Kathryn H. Hill, Raleigh, for the defendant-appellees.


LEWIS, Judge.

This case arose from an armed robbery that took place at the Family Inn Motel in Rowland, North Carolina ("Family Inn"). On 19 July 1994, plaintiffs Mary Ellen Connelly, her son, Brian Connelly, and his grandmother, Nellie Lockett, were traveling south on Interstate Highway 95 en route to Florida for a family vacation from their home in Pennsylvania. They obtained lodging for the night at the Family Inn, located...

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