Originally Posted by
deac83
What's the hotel's liability vs. the guests here?
Hotel - Premise liability. Guest - None (Liability absorbed by Hotel)
The game is simple - You > Hotel; Hotel > Guest.
Originally Posted by
SCPigskinPrep
Emotional support dogs are not recognized or protected by the ADA. They have no legal rights under the ADA.
ADA has no standing here. Even a service animal attacked a person, the owner and the hotel have to be responsible.
Originally Posted by
craigthemif
Lawyer up and go after the dog's owner.
No offense - This is an extremely bad advice.
1. Hotel definitely has insurance. And its pocket is for sure deeper that the guest for sure.
2. It is easier to sue a business than a person, as well as resolving the disputes.
3. Based on OP, by allowing a pit bull in a hotel as pet, Hotel may have engaged a practice that can deem as reckless disregard. Hotel can face punitive damage when warranted. But since the guest has the hotel's approval, and based on its causal occurrence (it was an accident after all), the guest will definitely be not liable for the punitive damage. So suing the hotel may yield a better result than the guest.