Travel Law: The case of unreported norovirus at Opryland

In the Malott case, the Court noted that ”On January 16, 2015, Mr.

In the Malott case, the Court noted that ”On January 16, 2015, Mr. Malott traveled from his home in Arizona to Nashville, Tennessee to perform contract on one of the ballrooms at the Opryland Hotel. Over the next three days, Mr. Malott ‘stayed continuously on the hotel premises and never left’ the hotel.


Mr. Malott consumed food and beverages prepared by the defendant’s employees; interacted with defendant’s employees and agents and other guests and walked throughout the facility on his way to and from meetings and restaurants…on January 19, 2015, Mr. Malott developed ‘chills and nausea’ and (later) he was beginning to experience ‘serious diarrhea and fatigue.’”

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