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• JPML to Weigh Consolidation of Hotel Sex Trafficking Lawsuits This Week

  March 25, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The JPML will hear oral arguments on Thursday on whether to consolidate hotel sex trafficking lawsuits filed nationwide before one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Hotel and Motel Operators Oppose Creating MDL for Sex Trafficking Lawsuits Filed Nationwide

  February 9, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Several hotel and motel chains have come out in opposition to a renewed request to centralize all hotel sex trafficking lawsuits before one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Settlement Reached in Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Best Western Hotel Gas Leak

  January 24, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  Best Western has reached a $12 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an 11 year old boy who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in one of its North Carolina hotels in 2013.

• Carbon Monoxide Lawsuit Filed Over Best Western Hotel Gas Leak

  January 8, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Best Western faces a carbon monoxide poisoning lawsuit from a New York couple who were hospitalized after succumbing to exposure in a Pennsylvania hotel that was later shut down for safety violations.

• Carbon Monoxide Lawsuit Filed Over Deadly Gas Leak in Best Western Hotel Room

  February 10, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Best Western hotels over the carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of an elderly couple in 2013.

• Best Western Hotels to Install Carbon Monoxide Alarms in All Guest Rooms

  September 25, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  Best Western will install carbon monoxide detectors in all its hotels in North America by December 1.

• Best Western Carbon Monoxide Leak in Pennsylvania Poisons Dozens

  August 25, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  Carbon monoxide exposure has hospitalized 30 and led more than 200 to be evacuated from a Best Western Hotel in Pennsylvania on Sunday.