Court Rules Premises Liability Claim Involving Outdoor Basketball Court Can Continue

A federal judge from the Central District of California denied a hotelier’s motion for summary judgment in a case in which it was sued by a patron who suffered an injury involving a bench next to its basketball court. In so ruling, the court found that defendant, Marriott Resorts Hospitality Corporation, was aware of the risk and that the plaintiff should be given the benefit of the doubt in the summary judgment phase. In November 2020, the May family—parents Melinda and Jeffrey May and t