Judge Dismisses In Part Sex Trafficking Profit Suit Against Hotel Franchisors

Mealey's (August 4, 2020, 9:31 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal judge in California on July 30 dismissed in part a sex trafficking survivor's lawsuit under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) against the franchisors of three hotel chains because she could not establish a direct liability theory but only an agency liability theory regarding their alleged profiting (B.M. v. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., et al., No. 20-656, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135494)....