Parker v. Grand Hyatt Hotel

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding “that the standards of police and security training relate to an occupation that is ‘beyond the ken of the average layman’”
• rejecting argument that defendant was exempt from CPPA liability because he was not a “merchant” because defendant recommended the supplier of a service and oversaw and monitored his work
• interpreting § 12-309 to provide that “[b]efore filing a lawsuit against the District of Columbia for unliquidated damages, a claimant must file notice with the mayor within six months of the alleged injury”
• calling the police for assistance does not establish joint action for the police
• negligent hiring, training, and supervision

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).