K.O. v. G6 HOSPITALITY, LLC

Case No. 22-11450.

728 F.Supp.3d 624 (2024)

K.O., an individual, Plaintiff, v. G6 HOSPITALITY, LLC; Warren Economy Hotel, Inc. d/b/a Motel 6 of Warren; Marriott International, Inc.; Farmington Hospitality, Inc. d/b/a Fairfield Inn & Suites Detroit Farmington Hills; Knights Franchise Systems, Inc.; Holiday Hospitality Franchising LLC; Southfield Hotel Suites, Inc. d/b/a Holiday Inn Express & Suites; Akram Namou d/b/a Knight's Inn Sterling Heights, and d/b/a Holiday Inn Express & Suites Southfield Detroit; ESA Management, LLC d/b/a Extended Stay America Detroit Canton, d/b/a Extended Stay America Detroit Southfield Northwestern Highway, and d/b/a Extended Stay America Detroit Southfield I-696; and Red Roof Inns, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

Signed March 31, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Cross, Brian J. Perkins, Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise Levin Simes Abrams LLP, San Francisco, CA, Angela J. Nehmens, Estey & Bomberger, LLP, San Diego, CA, Sarah Prescott, Salvatore Prescott, PLLC, Northville, MI, for Plaintiff.

David A. Mollicone, Jennifer M. Grieco, Altior Law, P.C., Birmingham, MI, for Defendant G6 Hospitality, LLC.

Derek D. McLeod, Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, Southfield, MI, Ellen E. Dew, DLA Piper LLP, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant Marriott International Inc.

Chelsea R. Mikula, Elisabeth Arko, Tucker Ellis LLP, Cleveland, OH, Michael Thomas Franz, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, Chicago, IL, Michael Roman, Clyde & Co. U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL, Timothy J. Jordan, Garan Lucow, Detroit, MI, for Defendant Red Roof Inns, Inc.

Joseph N. Fraser, Johnston, Sztkiel and Hunt, Troy, MI, John M. Hamrick, Holland & Knight, Atlanta, GA, William Newton Shepherd, Holland & Knight LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC.

Patrick N. Butler, Butler Legal Services, PLLC, Madison Heights, MI, for Defendant Warren Economy Hotel, Inc.

Christopher D. Morris, Lewis Reed & Allen, Kalamazoo, MI, Michael O. Smith, R. Carl Lanfear, Cardelli Lanfear PC, Royal Oak, MI, for Defendants Farmington Hospitality, Inc., Southfield Hotel Suites, Inc.

Andrew S. Kessler, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Knights Franchise Systems, Inc.

Christopher D. Morris, Lewis Reed & Allen, Kalamazoo, MI, Patrick N. Butler, Butler Legal Services, PLLC, Madison Heights, MI, for Defendant Akram Namou.

Kari Melkonian, Collins Einhorn Farrell PC, Southfield, MI, Shubhra Mashelkar, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn and Dial, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Extended Stay Management, LLC.

Sarah Jessica Unatin, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant ESA Management LLC.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS (ECF Nos. 106, 108, 111, 112, 113)

I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff, K.O.,1 brings this action against a number of hotel chains located in the...

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