¶ … hotel sent the security guard on duty to check on Gonzalez in his hotel room. The defendant rebuffed to open the door. The security guard heard the sound of breaking glasses and the high television volume. This prompted the hotel to summon Laredo Police Department to assist in carrying out investigations. The hotel staff did not appeal the police to take Gonzalez into custody. In the other case, Michael Evans arrived at the club with his companions; he unknowingly groped Ms. Niland who later instructed the security officer to arrest him.
Nonetheless, in the second case, Michael Evans had number of associates including, Chad Sorrell, Bernard Lynch, and Dan Lechner. They witnessed the event at the club as opposed to the first case where Gonzalez was alone studying in his hotel room in preparation for the forth-coming Texas Import/Export examination.
In the first case, due to lack of sufficient evidence supporting the instigation allegations leveled against him, Gonzalez is acquitted. In addition, he filed a court action against the hotel for fictitious arrest but did not succeed due to lack of proper reason and evidence. Similarly, in the second case, Michael Evans after voluntarily accepting arrest was freed for the offence.
Bertuca V. Martinez Case
From this case, the defendant was Bertuca Gonzalez while the plaintiff was Hampton Inn in Laredo, Texas.
Gonzalez checked into a room at the Hampton Inn in Laredo, Texas on September 29, 2000. After being unable to reach him, Gonzalez's mother called the front desk, to check on her son's well-being. David Martinez of Hampton Inn went to check on Gonzalez in his room. Upon arrival, he heard a sound of breaking glass from the room. After returning to the front desk, he suspected...
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