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Federal jury awards record $164M to woman trafficked as child at Georgia hotel
The jury found the former hotel owner liable after concluding staff helped enable the trafficking of a minor.
- On Wednesday, an Atlanta jury ordered Lincoln Bancorp LLC to pay $164 million to a survivor of sex trafficking, finding the company liable for events at a Super 8 by Wyndham in College Park, Georgia.
- The verdict addresses claims that hotel staff participated in trafficking a minor onsite between 2020 and 2021, while Lincoln Bancorp owned and operated the property during that period.
- Plaintiff attorney Jonathan Tonge stated, "I don't believe this is like a nuclear or any kind of runaway verdict. The whole point is that the harm was really, really bad."
- This judgment significantly exceeds the $40 million verdict secured by Andersen, Tate & Carr last year in a similar Georgia sex-trafficking premises liability case.
- Increasingly, Georgia courts are holding property owners accountable for trafficking on their premises, marking a significant shift in legal liability for hotel operators nationwide.
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Georgia Hotel Sex Trafficking Verdict Reaches $164M
A federal jury has awarded $164 million to a woman who was trafficked for sex as a teenager at a Georgia Super 8, delivering a massive verdict that could carry consequences far beyond one hotel. According to CBS News Atlanta, the jury found Lincoln Bancorp LLC, the operator of the Super 8 on Old National Highway in College Park, liable and awarded the survivor $44 million in compensatory damages along with $120 million in punitive damages. Her a…
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