[DOWNLOAD] "Ronald Billops v. Magness Construction Co." by Supreme Court of Delaware * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Ronald Billops v. Magness Construction Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of Delaware
- Release Date : January 21, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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McNEILLY, Justice: Plaintiffs brought suit in Superior Court against Magness Construction Co., t/a Brandywine Hilton Inn, Inc., (the franchisee), Hilton Inns, Inc., Hilton Hotels Corporation, Hilton International Co., (collectively denominated as franchisors), and Gray Magness, charging false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, battery, assault and defamation. The incident which led to the suit occurred at the defendant Brandywine Hilton Inn when the banquet director of the Inn wrongfully attempted to extort funds in addition to those previously paid by plaintiffs for the use of one of the Inn's ballrooms. The suit was dismissed as to defendant Gray Magness, and that ruling is not challenged. The motion of the corporate franchisors for summary judgment was granted after the Superior Court determined that no actual or apparent agency relationship existed between the franchisors and the franchisee, and that, therefore, no legal basis existed for holding the franchisors vicariously liable for the torts of the franchisee or its employees. We reverse.