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Makati Shangri La Hotel and Resort, Inc. vs. Ellen Johanne Harper, et al., 679 SCRA 444

MAKATI SHANGRI-LA HOTEL AND RESORT, INC., Petitioner, vs. ELLEN JOHANNE HARPER, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER HARPER, and RIGOBERTO GILLERA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 189998 | 2012-08-29

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
BERSAMIN, J.: 
 
The hotel owner is liable for civil damages to the surviving heirs of its hotel guest whom strangers murder inside his hotel room. 
 
The Case 
 
Petitioner, the owner and operator of the 5-star Shangri-La Hotel in Makati City (Shangri-La Hotel), appeals the decision promulgated on October 21, 2009,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed with modification the judgment rendered on October 25, 2005 by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Quezon City holding petitioner liable for damages for the murder of Christian Fredrik Harper, a Norwegian national.2...