Do hotels have insurance to cover money that was stolen from their staff?

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Do hotels have insurance to cover money that was stolen from their staff?

Recently we stayed at a hotel and housekeeping had stolen $1050 from our hotel room, we had the privacy sign up and no housekeeping was done and the hotel could show that housekeeping had used key cards to access our room, there were also witnesses that put housekeeping in our room. The hotel kept us there stating they would have information the following day. At the end of the week when we were ready to check out the manager of the hotel informed us that they will only credit us one night off of our hotel bill.

Asked on June 26, 2012 under Business Law, Pennsylvania

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

The hotel would not be liable if  there had been no warning or reason to believe the staff would steal; employers are responsible for the wrongful acts of their employees committed as *part of their jobs* (so a pizza place could be liable if a delivery drivers hits someone while making a delivery, since driving is his job). However, stealing from guests is not housekeeping's job, so the hotel is not liable for it, unless they knew these employees posed a risk but took not action (then they are liable for their "negligent supervison" of the staff). If you believe the hotel was negligent and should have known these staff were a theft risk, you could sue the hotel to try to recover your money. You could also sue the employees who stole from you.


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