Date: 10-13-2007

Case Style: Edwina McCombs v. Value Lodge

Case Number: Unknown

Judge: William Birney Jr.

Court: Superior Court, Los Angeles County, California

Plaintiff's Attorney:

Eliot Krieger, Jarvis & Krieger, Long Beach, California

Defendant's Attorney: Unknown

Description:

Edwina McCombs used the Value Lodge in Artesia, California on a negligence theory claiming that the motel should have told her that her children could and did view hardcore porno on the motel's television system. The girls, age 8 and 9, were flipping through the channels on the television in the room when their mother was in the bathroom when they channel-surfed for children's programming and encountered "hardcore and graphic pornography" with extreme close-ups of several sexual acts.

Outcome: Plaintiffs' verdict for $85,000.00.

Plaintiff's Experts: Unknown

Defendant's Experts: Unknown

Comments: None