A Fulton County jury declared that the Motel 6 chain and its parent company must pay $5.1 million to the family of a man killed during a robbery attempt at an Albany motel nearly seven years ago, agreeing with the plaintiffs that the lack of adequate security at the hotel was in large part responsible for the slaying.
Brandon Todd, 27, of Newnan died after exchanging gunfire with one of two teenagers who accosted him in his room in November 2007. One of the two assailants, 17-year-old Jimmy Teemer, was armed and died at the scene. The second, Lyndon B. Johnson Jr., now 23, is serving a life sentence for the crime along with another man, Patrick Jackson, who was a guest at the hotel that night and was accused of providing Teemer with the gun.
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