Value Lodge is in court this week after two young Tennessee girls were exposed to hard-core pornography in one of its motel rooms.
In August 2006, Edwina McCombs checked into the Value Lodge in Artesia, Calif., with her 8- and 9-year old daughters. Her lawsuit claims that when she went to the bathroom, her daughters turned on the television to watch a children's show and instead viewed hard-core pornography.
Pat Trueman of the Alliance Defense Fund said the case shows the problems that have resulted since pornography became mainstream.
"Some people think everybody wants it, and that is not the case. Parents have a right to expect that their children will be protected from this material in the same way they should be protected from intruders in their room at the hotel," he said.
"If this hotel is made to pay for this kind of activity," Trueman said, "other hotels … might also be subject to a lawsuit."
The trial is expected to last several days, with a decision coming several weeks later.
