Federal Judge Rejects Lawsuit Motions Brought Against AAHOA Board of Directors
ATLANTA - August 22, 2014 - A federal court judge has ruled against individuals seeking to remove the entire Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA) Board of Directors. In a ruling issued Wednesday, Judge Harold Murphy rejected the plaintiff's motions citing long-standing law which showed the plaintiffs had not met the legal requirements of the actions they were requesting.
Judge Murphy considered testimony by all witnesses accusing management of wrongdoing and stated that the case brought against AAHOA stood little chance of success at trial.
"The decision confirms what we have stated all along, the claims made by these individuals against AAHOA are frivolous and have no basis in fact," said AAHOA Chairman Pratik Patel. "Hopefully this will put an end to this action and we can get on with our mission of representing the 12,500 men and women who make up AAHOA."
Following the decision to dismiss the motions, AAHOA Chairman Pratik Patel, announced he will take additional steps to ensure that every complaint from an AAHOA member is properly adjudicated through the AAHOA governance process. He went on to state that while most of the allegations contained in the complaint had already been considered by various levels of the AAHOA governance process, he will ask the Board of Directors to reconsider every allegation in the lawsuit at the next Board of Directors meeting on September 2-3.
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AAHOA is the largest hotel owners association in the world with more than 12,500 members who own over 40 percent of all U.S. hotels. [email protected]
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