Case Name: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, v. Ramada, Inc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1994-03-15
Citations: 202 A.D.2d 268
Docket Number: 
Parties: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, v Ramada, Inc., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 202
Pages: 268–268

Head Matter:
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, v Ramada, Inc., Appellant.
[609 NYS2d 784]

Opinion:
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Robert Lippmann, J.), entered on or about August 20, 1993, which denied defendant's motion for summary judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
Inasmuch as the franchise agreement authorized defendant's licensee to use an operating system developed by defendant, which, inter alia, requires the licensee to honor defendant's credit cards, refer room requests to the nearest of defendant's hotels, promote and encourage the use of defendant's hotels internationally, and allow for regular inspection of the licensed hotel, questions of fact exist as to the degree of control exercised by defendant over the licensee which preclude summary judgment (see, Ahmad v Ennab, 158 AD2d 637, 638). Concur — Carro, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Kupferman and Nardelli, JJ.