The court decided that Hyatt and Refco should be liable and awarded a total of $975,000 for the plaintiffs. Because of the negligence of Hyatt and Refco, Dr Bank was killed on the sidewalk only four feet from the hotel glass doors.
Although the Hyatt Hotel thought that they did not have obligation to protect the guests from assaults by a third-party attack outside the hotel, in fact, according to the investigation, there had occurred eleven times armed robbery and five simple robbery surroundings of the hotel in the past three months. This is a signal for the Hyatt hotel. Although the safety of public areas is managed by the local police station, the hotel is obliged to warn the guests if there are several dangerous situations in a short period
Although the Hyatt Hotel thought that they did not have obligation to protect the guests from assaults by a third-party attack outside the hotel, in fact, according to the investigation, there had occurred eleven times armed robbery and five simple robbery surroundings of the hotel in the past three months. This is a signal for the Hyatt hotel. Although the safety of public areas is managed by the local police station, the hotel is obliged to warn the guests if there are several dangerous situations in a short period