Therese Alexander v. Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc.

939 F.2d 847 Therese ALEXANDER; Roy Alexander, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CIRCUS CIRCUS ENTERPRISES, INC., a corporation; Edgewater Hotel, Inc., a corporation; Colorado Belle Corporation, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 90-55452. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 1991. Decided July 29, 1991. John A. Hyland, Jr., Long Beach, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. David S. Porter, Fisher & Porter, Long Beach, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HUG, NORRIS and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 The appellants, Therese and Roy Alexander, traveled to the Colorado Belle, a hotel-casino in Laughlin, Nevada, from their home in Southern California in response to an advertisement in the travel section of the Los Angeles Sunday Times. The Alexanders were injured when a pontoon boat on which they were passengers capsized while crossing the Colorado River from the Edgewater Hotel to the Colorado Belle Hotel. 2 The Alexanders filed this action against Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc. ("Circus Circus") and its two wholly owned subsidiaries, the…