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Thanks for the video. It's not at all clear that DNC was negligent, just because her lawyer chooses to say so....
But I would say that DNC has been negligent (though I'm no lawyer) not because her lawyer says so but because in my many years of experience in dealing with DNC, they had – until late last summer – a very nonchalant atitude in dealing with vermin in the guest rooms of their lodging throughout the park.
Before anyone says we should expect to sleep in vermin infested rooms in Yosemite because it's "wilderness", first let me explain that all of DNC lodging accommodation inside Yosemite Valley is NOT located in designated wilderness. It's parkland but parkland with no excess amount of rodents than let's say Central Park in NYC or Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. More importantly, Curry Village (along with the Yosemite Lodge and the Ahwahnee hotels) are designated public accommodations that must meet basic public health codes to be legally able to rent rooms to guests and one of the requirements is that the guest rooms cannot be infested with nesting vermin like the Signature Tent Cabins were.
Most other hotel properties have a very active vermin extermination policy for obvious reasons. But DNC, over the years, did not. Anyone who ever went up to the front desk to complain about mice in their room would know that firsthand.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2013 08:00PM by plawrence.