Maryland Federal Magistrate Dismisses Suit Against Marriott For Costa Rica Resort Fall

Mealey's (January 6, 2021, 7:00 AM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A Maryland federal magistrate judge concluded on Dec. 28 that the burden and difficulty in applying the law of Costa Rica, where a plaintiff claims that she was injured in a poolside fall at a Marriott resort, make Costa Rica a more convenient forum for the dispute against the franchisor than Maryland....