Mealey's (October 15, 2019, 1:19 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Allegations that a South Carolina hotel owner owned and franchised hotels in Pennsylvania do not show that the hotel owner is “essentially at home” in the state, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Oct. 9, dismissing a negligence case (Shirlyn B. Kurz v. Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC, et al., No. 19-2129, E.D. Pa., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175193)....