Federal Judge Dismisses Employee’s Negligence Claims Against Hotel Franchisor

Mealey's (December 16, 2019, 12:28 PM EST) -- GREENVILLE, N.C. — A hotel employee who was raped by a guest at a North Carolina EconoLodge failed to assert a claim based upon a "Good Samaritan" theory of negligence against the hotel chain’s franchisor, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Dec. 6 (Tamara R. Murrill v. Choice Hotels International Inc., No. 18-32, E.D. N.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 213506)....