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• Motel Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Results in $40M Verdict for Survivor

  July 18, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal jury has ordered the owners of a Georgia motel to pay $40 million to a woman who says she was sex trafficked there as a teenager and repeatedly raped.

• JPML Refuses to Consolidate Hotel Sex Trafficking Lawsuits for Second Time

  April 15, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges has refused to consolidate all hotel sex trafficking lawsuits before one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• 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.

• Econolodge Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Alleges Hotel Staff Engaged In, Profited From Abuse, Exploitation

  February 28, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  An Econolodge sex trafficking lawsuit claims hotel employees not only turned a blind eye to sexual abuse at the hotel, but also participated in it.

• Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Claims Wyndham, Ramada and Super 8 Motel Employees Ignored “Red Flags”

  February 21, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A woman's sex trafficking lawsuit claims staff ignored obvious signs of abuse and coercion while she was repeatedly exploited at Super 8 and Ramada Inn hotels in California for two years.

• 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.

• Renewed Motion Filed to Centralize Human Trafficking Lawsuits Against Hotel Industry

  January 16, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A group of plaintiffs have asked a panel of federal judges to reconsider consolidating a growing number of hotel sex trafficking lawsuits before one judge for pretrial proceedings.

• Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Filed by Woman Forced Into Prostitution As Teen At Atlanta Hotel

  December 4, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A woman claims she was raped and sex trafficked at an Atlanta-area hotel when she was only 15 years old, and that staff knew and did nothing to help her.

• Lawsuit Alleges Woman is a Survivor of Sex Trafficking In Popular Chain Motels in California

  February 28, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A hotel sex trafficking lawsuit indicates a woman was sold for commercial sex at Motel 6, Super 8 and Clarion Inn hotels in Santa Clara, California for two years when she was still a minor.

• Lawsuits Over Sex Trafficking in Hotels Nationwide To Proceed Without MDL Centralization

  February 11, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges has rejected efforts to combine all hotel sex trafficking lawsuits filed in federal courts nationwide before one judge for pretrial proceedings.