October 19, 2020
Several hotel parent companies have asked the Eleventh Circuit to toss an appeal by victims of sex trafficking for alleged crimes on their properties, saying a lower court properly held that the complaints against them were merely "shotgun pleadings" that don't show they assisted the traffickers.
September 02, 2020
Several parent and management companies of Atlanta hotels aren't likely to duck claims of complicity brought by victims of sex trafficking, despite their argument they knew nothing of the alleged crime on their properties, a federal judge said Wednesday.
April 21, 2020
A woman accusing a slew of hotel companies of sex trafficking has urged a Georgia federal judge to revisit his order dismissing three of them from her lawsuit and to enter judgment against the trio so she can lodge a quick appeal as COVID-19 threatens the hospitality industry.
April 14, 2020
An insurance company sued Varahi Hotel LLC and a woman who accused the hotel owner of sex trafficking and forced labor, saying in the Georgia federal court suit that it's not bound by a $1 million liability policy to defend a Red Roof Inn in Atlanta.