The Text Case GNOC Corp

question 74

Multiple Choice

The text case GNOC Corp.v.Powers discusses the application of New Jersey's State Innkeeper's Act to Powers's claim involving a thief who obtained a second key from the hotel and stole $75,000 in gambling winnings and chips that the plaintiff had not placed in the hotel's safe.Which of the following outcomes was the result of the case?

• A)That the plaintiff was entitled to recover only ½ of his losses due to the application of the Innkeeper Act and the fact that the items could have been deposited in the hotel safe.
• B)That as a matter of law,the plaintiff was entitled to prevail because the Innkeeper Act applies to shield a hotel only from acts of its employees with pass keys,not acts of a non-employee thief.
• C)That the Innkeeper Act shielded the hotel from liability because the items could have been deposited in the hotel safe and that the plaintiff was not therefore entitled to recover.
• D)That a jury question was presented as to whether the negligence of the hotel prevented it from relying on the protection of the Innkeeper Act.
• E)That as a matter of law,the plaintiff was entitled to prevail because the negligence of the hotel prevented it from relying on the protection of the Innkeeper Act.

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