Mom who sued motel over porn film wins $85,000
By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
October 13, 2007

A mother who sued an Artesia motel after her two young daughters were exposed to a pornographic film on television was awarded $85,000 by a jury Friday.

In August 2006, Edwina McCombs of Nashville was visiting Southern California with her daughters, who were 8 and 9 at the time.

The family stayed at Value Lodge at 11854 Artesia Blvd. McCombs went to take a bath while the girls were watching a children's TV show. Soon after, the girls somehow changed the channel to a porn film, said Eliot F. Krieger, McCombs' attorney.

"It was unclear how long they were exposed to it, but they knocked on the bathroom door and said, 'Mommy, something's wrong,' " Krieger said.During the trial, a hotel expert testified that he had never heard of a family-style hotel or motel that did not require adult verification to access pornographic films, Krieger said. the rest