This is really just another of those visual gags that define toon nature.
The most correct analogy will be like why Doom was not prosecuted by some sort of animal cruelty laws, if they existed in the 40s.
There's nothing in the movie that would make this impossible, so it'd be reasonable to think it's true there as well.
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Wouldn't Eddie have checked with the hotel registry to verify if Jessica was indeed staying there as well as to know the floor and room number? It's not exactly common, but it happens; the body just over-exerts and gives out.
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