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Woman sues Hyatt after dancing wedding guest breaks her arm
Weddings are a time of celebration. People like to have a few drinks, maybe hit the dance floor. But there always seems to be one guest who takes things too far - who drinks a little too much and gets a little too wild. At a wedding at a New Jersey Hyatt in 2008, that guest not only got a bit too drunk, he allegedly got so forceful on the dance floor that he broke another guest's arm. And now Hyatt could be held responsible.
According to the New York Post, Christine Mancision was getting her groove on when James Graeber grabbed her, and flung her so violently across the dance floor that she fell down and hurt her arm. She went to the hospital, where she found out her wrist was broken and she needed surgery. She's now suing the Hyatt for over-serving Graeber, who she claims was visibly intoxicated.
The suit is for $1 million and claims Hyatt violated New Jersey's "dram shop" laws by serving someone who was obviously drunk. Mancision's lawyer said the Hyatt "owes an obligation to its guests . . to not fuel the fire of intoxication by pouring alcohol down the throat of an intoxicated person." Really, a Hyatt staff member poured alcohol down the throat of Graeber?
Getting manhandled by some drunk buffoon at a wedding is not fun (though probably not all that uncommon). But how can the court say that wouldn't have happened had the Hyatt not given the guy another drink? And how can they prove he was "visibly intoxicated"? Everyone does the chicken dance at weddings. That proves nothings. Will the wedding video be called in as evidence?
If it's true, what happened to Mancision was unfortunate. But it seems like her "assailant" should be the one who pays for her hospital bills, not the hotel.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tri Oct 21st 2009 4:33PM
This would be great for SNL "Realy?|?" segment.
Willy Oct 21st 2009 5:02PM
*MAYBE* she'll get her hospital bills covered. NO WAY the hotel should give her a million bucks.