Probably as long as there have been multi story hotels.

Fair enough. Or the next time a perp tries this they just follow the vic to find out what room or floor they are on and then request a room on that same floor.

What will happen now is hotels will simply not honor a request to be on the same floor as a friend or relative. A common practice at most hotels for hundreds of years.

What difference would it make if he was down the hall or on another floor? Hell, he could have just waited for her and follow her up to her room to get her location.

Well, yes it is. The question was whether the hotel acted irresponsibly. How can that be be sustained of the hotel was engaging in a common practice that most hotels follow for hundreds of years?

Fuck off.

Huh? You implied or suggested it with your comment that the jury knew what they were doing due to the 51/49 split. If the jury increased the award to arrive at a number because the 51% party was broke, that seems like jury misconduct to me.

Nobodies fighting that idea. The question is whether there was or wasn't negligence on the part of the hotel that would warrant a jury award of 55 million.

No. He made a room reservation at a call center in Omaha where he requested a room close to one “Erin Andrews”. The request was noted on his reservation form but when he arrived a room wasn’t available and he was told he would have to be put on another floor.

That's not how jury awards are supposed to work. They shouldn't just double the award because they think one can't pay. Marriott may have grounds for a judge to vacate the award.

Your good questions prove this is an urban legend. He simply requested a room close or next to his friend “Erin Andrews”. Happens all the time.

Huh? He sawed off the peephole and stuck his phone camera up to hole.

I never heard that. If he was her husband why would he ask for a separate room? I think you just made that up. Cite please.

Or, the award was aimed at the perp who did the recording.

Allowing family and friends to be on the same floor?

Hotels don't verify. If you ask to be next to someone they accommodate if they can.

Yes. Anyone who didn't know about Andrews before certainly does now and likely searched for the tape.

The hotel never gave out any information. After getting the room number via the hotel room service phone in the restaurant, he went upstairs, found a room being vacated next to andrews, then went down to the front desk and requested that specific room.

The hotel never gave out the room number, the perp got it by accessing the room service telephone. Asking for a room next to someone is common, I’ve done it many times traveling with family.

It's private property.