Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 18th Edition by John Ashcroft ,Janet Ashcroft

Exercise 13

Viola Waterton rented a room at Linden Motor Inn. She had parked her car in the below-ground garage on the inn's premises. There was no separate charge for parking the car, and Waterton did not register it with the inn. There was nothing to control entry or exit from the garage and no attendant in it. The next morning, Waterton discovered that the car had been vandalized and that several items had been stolen from it. Waterton sued Linden for the loss. Was the inn the bailee of the car? [Waterton v. Linden Motor Inc., 810 N.Y.S.2d 319 (N.Y. Civ. Ct.)]