[expatpat]

Odds are, the hotel has the deepest pockets.

Yes, but it's hard to see how the Hotel could be found negligent -- although these days.....

You are probably right, both will be sued.

[Dante3]

I recall a case against the University of Michigan. A gild was given drugs at a party. She went to her dorm room, and later was found laying dead on the sidewalk. It would have been incredibly difficult for her to have crawled out of the window.

The father, a journalist who went on to write a book about it to further cash in, sued the University -- not those who gave her the drugs, claiming she must have gotten confused and crawled out of the window. It was decided he had no case. But he was not about to give up and eventually got the University to pay up. He never did bother to find up who gave her drugs.

[oldironsides]

Keep in mind that Chief Moose and his wife got a nice little settlement from a hotel there . They were asked to see their hotel key and ID by a security staffer at the elevators before they got on to go up to their room. They said they were asked because they were black. The hotel did not disclose how much they paid them.

[Truth'sBabyGirl]

An article I read said that the balcony came to the chest of a 6'1" cop, and that she would have had to climb in order to get over it. I also read that Lauren's parents have hired a prominent Hawaii lawyer, and a private investigator. I wouldn't be surprised if they brought some suit against the hotel, but I don't think any court could reasonably find the hotel tortiously negligent. (I am, however, just a 1L ... )