Soaked by motel room flood

A soggy and frustrating stay at the InTown Suites could have a happy ending for Scott Williams.

October 11, 2010 at 3:07PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Scott Williams in his last day at the InTown Suites
Scott Williams in his last day at the InTown Suites (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

My Sunday column described the ordeal of Scott Williams, a mover and seasonal cotton field worker who had an unfortunate stay at the InTown Suites in Coon Rapids. A fire in a room upstairs left his own room and everything in it soaked. Innkeepers are understandably shielded from significant liability from their guests' personal items - otherwise, how many would say their Ming vases and Rolexes disappeared from their bedside? But the InTown Suites muckety mucks have promised to make Williams whole.

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