COLLINS v. MARRIOTT INTERN., INC.

No. 12-15739.

749 F.3d 951 (2014)

R. Travis COLLINS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of David Knowlton, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Maryland corporation, Defendant, The Ritz-Carlton Management Company, LLC, a Maryland corporation, RC Abaco Holding Company, Ltd., a foreign corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Ltd, a foreign corporation, The Abaco Club Association, Ltd., a foreign corporation, The Abaco Club RC, Ltd., et al., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellees, D. Scott Libertore, Defendant-Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Parks , Miami, FL, Leslie Joan Bryan , Everette L. Doffermyre, Jr. , Martha Jane Fessenden , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Cristina Alonso , Carlton Fields, PA, Todd R. Ehrenreich , Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC, Steven Gerard Hemmert , Luks Santaniello Petrillo & Jones, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees/Defendants-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellees/Defendant.

Before MARCUS, FAY, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Although there were no witnesses, David Knowlton, a property owner at the Abaco Club, apparently fell to his death from a rocky cliff adjacent to the defendants' Abaco Club property on the island of Abaco in the Bahamas. R. Travis Collins brought this action alleging that the defendants breached their duty to exercise reasonable care to protect the safety of Knowlton as an invitee while on defendants' property. Following a trial in the District...

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