I-Harris County jury ibuyise isigwebo se-44 yezigidi zeedola ngokuchasene I-Hilton Management LLC emva kokufumanisa ukuba abasebenzi basehotele babeke undwendwe olungekho zingqondweni nolusemngciphekweni kwigumbi elingafanelekanga, nto leyo eyakhokelela ekuhlaselweni kwakhe ngokwesondo.
Amagqwetha eBlizzard Law asebenzisana negqwetha elixoxwayo uMichelle Simpson Tuegel ukuba amele ixhoba lodlwengulo uKathleen Dawson kwisimangalo esichasene nodlwengulo. I-Hilton Management LLC kunye nomhlaseli wakhe otyholwa, uLarry Clowers, owayesebenza kunye noNksz Dawson ngexesha lohlaselo.
Abagwebi bavumile ukuba ukungakhathali kukaHilton kwadlala indima ebalulekileyo kwisiganeko sika-Matshi 2017 kwaye wanika uNksz Dawson i-$ 44 yezigidi ngeendleko zonyango, ukulahlekelwa ngumvuzo kunye nokukhathazeka kwengqondo. Iqela labagwebi liphinde lafumanisa ukuba uMnu. Clowers waxhatshazwa ngokwesondo uNksz Dawson. Kukholelwa ukuba sesona sigwebo sokungakhathali kwityala lokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo kwihotele enkulu.
“Kuyoyikisa ukungqina indlela umntu odibana ngayo nomntu onokubuguqula ngonaphakade ubomi bebhinqa,” latsho njalo igqwetha uEd Blizzard. “Aba bagwebi bawuqonda umonakalo owenziwe sesi siganeko kuNkszn. Esi sigwebo sithumela umyalezo ocacileyo kwiihotele ukuba kufuneka baphathe zonke iindwendwe zabo, ngakumbi abo basesichengeni, ngentlonipho, inkathalo nesidima. ”
Ngokutsho kobungqina benkundla, ibhinqa elalidlula kwiHotele iHilton Americas-Houston kumbindi wedolophu yaseHouston lafowunela u-911 xa labona indoda ikhulule ibhulukhwe yaza yakhulula izip ime phezu kwebhinqa elingenamandla lilele phantsi. Amapolisa afika kwaye abasebenzi basehotele beza nesitulo esinamavili ukuze bathuthe uNksz Dawson, owayenxilile engakwazi ukuthetha okanye ukuhamba.
Nangona uNksz. Dawson wayenesazisi kwisipaji sakhe, abezokhuseleko basilela ukufumanisa ukuba eneneni wayelundwendwe olunegumbi elibhaliswe ngegama lakhe. Abasebenzi nabo basilela ukulithandabuza ibango likaMnumzana Clower lokuba “unam.”
Abagwebi kwityala babukele ividiyo yokhuseleko yaseHilton ebonisa uNksz Dawson engeniswe ngokhuseleko lwaseHilton kunye namapolisa kwigumbi likaMnu. UNksz. Dawson wavuka ekuxhatshazweni ngokwesondo ekuseni.
“Imigaqo-nkqubo engundoqo yegumbi ikhona ukunqanda le nto kanye, kodwa u-Hilton wasilela ukulandela eyona nkqubo isisiseko wonke umntu owakhe wahlala ehotele wanamava: ukujonga isazisi sondwendwe olubhalisiweyo,” utshilo u-Anna Greenberg, elinye lamagqwetha kaNksz Dawson. Okubi nangakumbi, u-Hilton watyhola ixhoba kwaye wayesecaleni komdlwenguli, ngaphandle kwevidiyo eninzi kunye nobungqina obubambekayo obuxhasa uhlaselo.
Ekuvaleni kwakhe, uNksz. Tuegel waxoxa wathi, “Iihotele zeHilton, inkampani enamagosa ezokhuseleko, imigaqo-nkqubo, kunye nezibonelelo, inkampani uKathleen ehlawulela ukuba ibe nendawo ekhuselekileyo yokulalisa intloko ebusuku, yahlahl’ indlela eya ekuhlaselweni ngokwesondo kukaKathleen njengoko wayengeniswa, njengonodoli onamavili kwisitulo esinamavili sikaHilton, kungekhona kwisihlalo esinamavili sikaHilton. kwigumbi awayebhalise kulo waza walihlawulela, kodwa kwigumbi lomdlwenguli.”
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Tuegel argued, “Hilton Hotels, a company with security officers, policies, and resources, a company Kathleen paid to have a safe place to lay her head at night, paved the way to Kathleen’s sexual assault as she was ushered, like a ragdoll in Hilton’s wheelchair, not into the room she had registered and paid for, but into the room of a rapist.
- According to court testimony, a woman passing by the Hilton Americas-Houston Hotel in downtown Houston called 911 when she saw a man with his pants unbuckled and unzipped standing over an incapacitated woman lying on the ground.
- Dawson had identification in her purse, security staff failed to determine that she was, in fact, a guest with a room registered in her name.
