Hotel faces $600,000 smoking spat

Thursday, 09 Jan, 2006 0

A Rhode Island woman in Virginia who said she wanted a non-smoking area ended up suing an extended-stay hotel for $600,000 in damages.

The woman, Karen B. Nelligan, claimed she got a smoke-induced headache and faced a hostile hotel employee.

Ms Nelligan requested a non-smoking room when she checked into a Towneplace Suites by Marriott, said The Virginian-Pilot.

But the non-smoker said she woke up feeling sick and suffering from a headache the next day. She said she tried to get a clerk at the front desk to change her room, but that the employee locked the lobby door and refused to help.

The police were eventually called.

Report by David Wilkening



 

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