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EVIDENCE DEFENDANT HOTEL HELD ITSELF OUT AS THE PROPERTY OWNER ON ITS WEBSITE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF LIABILITY IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE AS THE APPARENT AGENT OF THE OWNER, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED AS PREMATURE.

The First Department determined plaintiffs raised sufficient questions about whether defendant Starwood was an apparent or ostensible agent of the property owner, Sheraton, to justify further discovery and denial of defendant’s summary judgment motion as premature. Plaintiff was injured in a slip and fall on a hotel walkway alleged to be defective. Plaintiff sued Starwood. Starwood moved for summary judgment arguing the hotel was owned by Sheraton and the walkway maintenance was under the exclusive control of an independent contractor, ZLC. Plaintiffs demonstrated there was evidence Starwood held itself out as the owner of the property on its website:

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Starwood demonstrated that it did not own or control the hotel, and that, under the terms of the license agreement with Sheraton, ZLC was an independent contractor and was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the hotel. Under these circumstances, even if Starwood were a party to the license (or franchise) agreement, the mere existence of a franchise relationship would not provide a basis for the imposition of vicarious liability against Starwood for the negligence of the franchisee, ZLC … .

However, in opposition, plaintiff submitted evidence that Starwood’s reservations website holds the hotel out to the public as a Starwood property, and that plaintiff relied on the representations on Starwood’s website in choosing to book a room at the hotel. This evidence of public representations and reliance may support a finding of apparent or ostensible agency, which may serve as a basis for imposing vicarious liability against Starwood … . Although the license agreement required ZLC to disclose that it was an “independent legal entity operating under license” from Sheraton and to place “notices of independent ownership” on the premises, Starwood did not provide any evidence that ZLC complied with those requirements.  Stern v Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., 2017 NY Slip Op 02882, 1st Dept 4-13-17

 

CIVIL PROCEDURE (EVIDENCE DEFENDANT HOTEL HELD ITSELF OUT AS THE PROPERTY OWNER ON ITS WEBSITE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF LIABILITY IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE AS THE APPARENT AGENT OF THE OWNER, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED AS PREMATURE)/AGENCY  (EVIDENCE DEFENDANT HOTEL HELD ITSELF OUT AS THE PROPERTY OWNER ON ITS WEBSITE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF LIABILITY IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE AS THE APPARENT AGENT OF THE OWNER, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED AS PREMATURE)/NEGLIGENCE  (EVIDENCE DEFENDANT HOTEL HELD ITSELF OUT AS THE PROPERTY OWNER ON ITS WEBSITE RAISED THE POSSIBILITY OF LIABILITY IN THIS SLIP AND FALL CASE AS THE APPARENT AGENT OF THE OWNER, SUMMARY JUDGMENT PROPERLY DENIED AS PREMATURE)

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