Newark, NJ – A federal judge refused to throw out a trafficking lawsuit against Wyndham corporate entities, ruling Wednesday that Jane Doe’s allegations about years of exploitation at an Orlando Ramada plausibly tie the franchisors to what she says happened inside the hotel.

Denial keeps corporate defendants in the case

U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton denied Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC, and Ramada Worldwide Inc.’s motion to dismiss, keeping the claims in federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The court issued the decision without oral argument under Rule 78.

Allegations of obvious warning signs

Doe alleges she was trafficked at the Ramada at 7500 Augusta National Drive in Orlando from 2013 to 2015 and that the property showed persistent, visible “red f

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