Hofer v. Gap, Inc.

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• holding that plaintiff was bound by Expedia's terms and conditions because plaintiff's friend booked plaintiff's travel arrangements on Expedia's website
• concluding that the plaintiff was bound to Expedia’s terms and conditions under agency principles by giving her friend permission to book her travel plans on the website
• finding that a plaintiff failed to provide sufficient facts that Expedia, a travel website, had a duty to warn plaintiff concerning hazardous conditions at a third-party hotel
• finding online travel agents are generally not liable for the negligence or dangerous conditions of third-party hotel or travel operators
• “It is well-established that travel agents are not generally liable for the negligence or dangerous conditions of third-party hotel or travel operators.”
• “Res ipsa loquitur ... is not a separate cause of action that must be specifically set out in the pleadings, but rather a means by which a jury may infer negligence through the occurrence of an unusual event.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).