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The family of a five-year-old boy whose skull was crushed in the rotating wall of a hotel restaurant has sued the Atlanta hotel, accusing it of negligence in his death.
Key points:
- Police said the boy got his head stuck between tables
- They said the rotating floor shut off automatically when he was stuck
- Lawsuit disagrees with police statements
Attorney Joseph Fried filed suit for Rebecca and Michael Holt of Charlotte, North Carolina, whose son Charlie died on April 14.
Marriott International, the owner of the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel, did not immediately respond to an email and phone call requesting comment.
Police had said the boy wandered away from his family’s window table at the restaurant and got his head stuck between tables.
They also said the rotating floor shut off automatically when he was stuck.
But the lawsuit disagreed with police statements.
It said the family left along a path that various members had used without problems to go to and from the bathroom.
But this time, it said, a booth rotating near a stationary wall blocked their path.
Charlie, a few steps ahead of his parents, “was too short to see past the booth and did not appreciate the danger until it was too late,” and was trapped in the “pinch point” between booth and wall, according to the lawsuit.
“To Michael’s and Rebecca’s horror, the rotation did not automatically stop when Charlie got trapped,” the lawsuit states, and there was no emergency button to stop it.
The hotel reopened the restaurant in June.
“After Charlie’s death, Marriott has said that it won’t allow the restaurant to revolve again until it has addressed the dangerous pinch points,” Mr Fried’s statement said
The family of a five-year-old boy who was killed in a rotating restaurant sues the Atlanta hotel, accusing it of negligence in his death.
Death in rotating restaurant: Parents sue after boy’s skull crushed in Atlanta hotel
November 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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