1. Chapter 20 Carriers and Hotelkeepers
Business Law
Chapter 20
Carriers and Hotelkeepers

2. Carriers and Hotel Keepers
Kinds of Carriers
Common Carrier
Transports the general public for pay.
Subject to government regulation

3. Kinds of Carriers Contract Carrier
Carrier limits who it will do business with
Must take “reasonable care”
They are not required to insure goods in their care
Covered by rules of Bailment covered in chapter 19

4. Kinds of Carriers A Private Carrier Carries only their own goods
Examples:
Store delivery trucks
Private planes

5. Regulation Interstate Commerce is Regulated by the Federal Government
Regulation started in 1887.
Deregulation was started in 1978 to simplify regulation

6. Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC regulates
Rates
Disruptions
Safety Issues

7. Common Carriers of Goods
Must serve everyone who asks to be served.
They are responsible for goods trusted to their care, even if they did nothing wrong.

8. Common Carriers Exceptions to their responsibility: Acts of God.
Act of a “Public Enemy” (Invading Army)
Act of Public Authority
Example: Goods take for health reasons

9. Common Carriers More exceptions to responsibility
Fault or carelessness of the shipper
Mislabeling
Poor Packing
Nature of the goods
Fruit rotting
Liquids evaporating

10. Common Carriers of Passengers
Duties to Passengers include offering services to everyone except:
When all available space is taken or reserved
When passengers are
Disorderly
Intoxicated
Insane
Infected with a contagious disease

11. Common Carriers of Passengers
May also refuse service to anyone they consider to be a danger or refuses to consent to a search of their person or baggage.
There are other examples of when they may refuse service in the book. They might be on the test.

12. Common Carriers
Must provide refreshments, offer to sell refreshments or provide rest stops where passengers can purchase refreshments.

13. Common Carriers Removal of Passengers
A passenger can be removed for any reason they would not have been allowed on in the first place.
A passenger can also be removed for failure to pay the fare.
A passenger cannot be left in a place where they are in danger or could suffer great personal loss.

14. Common Carriers Passenger Safety
Generally carriers are responsible for the safety of passengers including acts of it’s employees.
Exceptions include:
Passengers’ own negligence
Passenger violates carriers reasonable rules

15. Common Carriers Duty ends at the final destination
Exception are cruise ships
Carrier must warn of dangers at each port of call.
Liability ends at the end of the cruise.

16. Common Carriers Airlines Passengers
If you’re bumped due to overbooking
You are due “Overbooking Compensation”
You get alternative transportation
Plus your money back
Hotel and meals if needed

17. Airline Baggage Misdirected bags must be returned at airline’s expense
Compensation for some loss of use or replacement items
Liability is limited to $ 1,250 per passenger according to the book.

18. Hotelkeepers
Regularly offers room to guests (Called Transients) for a price
Relationship starts when a guest surrenders their luggage to a porter or enters hotel transportation and ends when the bill is paid.

19. HotelKeepers
A lodger is a guest who stays for a definite period of time.

20. HotelKeepers Responsibilities
Must take all guests unless a danger to the health or welfare of other guests.
They do not need to accept people who cannot pay for their stay.

21. Guest’s Privacy
Hotelkeeper must guaranty the guest’s right to privacy.
Guests can sue for invasion of privacy.

22. Security of Guest’s Property
To a certain level hotelkeepers are insurers of their guests property.
There are limits on liability set by state statute.
Exceptions are made for fires where the hotelkeeper is not at fault.
Hotelkeepers must provide a safe for valuables.

23. Guest’s Comfort and Safety
Hotelkeepers must meet certain standards for cleanliness and safety.
They can be held libel for negligence if they do not.
Rooms must be reasonably quiet and guests must be protected from “criminals, hoodlums and persons of immoral character”

24. Hotel’s Right to Payment
Hotels can have a lien on guest’s personal property until the bill is paid.
Roomers (Longer term guests) have additional rights and a lien usually cannot be placed on their property.
Laws do vary by state.

25. Guest’s Obligation You may not have an unregistered guest overnight.
You must register at the desk before occupying your room.
You must check out when you leave.