Section 13.49 Duties

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A. (§13.49) Duties

While an innkeeper is not an insurer of guests’ safety, the law recognizes a special relationship between innkeepers and guests so as to impose on the innkeepers affirmative duties to protect guests’ persons and property. Lonnecker v. Borris, 229 S.W.2d 524 (Mo. 1950); Corley v. Andrews, 349 S.W.2d 395, 398 (Mo. App. E.D. 1961). This duty encompasses more than the duty owed by the owner of business premises to invitees. Wilder v. Chase Resorts, Inc., 543 S.W.2d 527 (Mo. App. S.D. 1976)...