Overview
- The wrongful-death suit was filed on October 15 in Santa Clara County Superior Court and seeks a jury trial with compensatory damages.
- Court filings cite the county medical examiner as determining that severe scalding burns on about one-third of Terril Wade Johnson Sr.’s body caused his death.
- Relatives report finding the 72-year-old unconscious and partially submerged in water so hot they were burned when trying to help.
- Plaintiffs allege the hotel allowed dangerously overheated, unregulated water in violation of safety codes and industry standards.
- Marriott International did not immediately comment on the allegations, and the case remains in its early litigation stages.