The two children are 9 and 10 years old and their complaint names Tan Holdings’ Asia Pacific Hotels Inc., which is doing business as Fiesta Resort, and five other individuals as the defendants.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to grant them relief for compensatory and special damages in an amount to be proven at trial, for punitive damages, for prejudgment and post-judgment interest, for reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of suit, and for other relief that the court may deem just and proper.
The complainants said that on Oct. 31, 2006, they purchased tickets for the hotel’s Halloween haunted house entertainment event.
The plaintiffs said when they entered the haunted house area, they were attacked and assaulted by an individual believed to be an agent and employee of the hotel.
The plaintiffs said the defendant struck them with force and slammed their heads and faces on the floor, knocking out the tooth of one of the plaintiffs.
They said that while the defendant was hitting them, he was shouting in a frightening voice.
They said they tried to escape but the defendant pursued them while continuing to hit, shout and pull their hair until a male individual intervened.
The plaintiffs said as a result of the assault and battery, they sustained psychic trauma, lacerations on the face and body, nervousness, insomnia, nightmares and phobias of the dark.
Hill said the plaintiffs incurred medical expenses and will be required to incur further medical expenses as a result of the incident.
