Section 13.50 Innkeeper’s Duty With Respect to Premises

• Library: Tort Law 2016

1. (§13.50) Innkeeper’s Duty With Respect to Premises

An innkeeper may be liable to guests for injuries if:

· a dangerous condition existed on the premises;

· the innkeeper knew or should have known of the defect;

· the innkeeper, in the exercise of ordinary care, should have repaired the defect; and

· the plaintiff sustained an injury as a result of the defect.

A warning or an open and obvious defect, the dangers of which are common knowledge, will not negate an innkeeper’s duty to guests. Only repair insulates an innkeeper from...