The federal court has dismissed the discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee of the Palms Resort Saipan against the hotel\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the NMI designated judge J. Michael Seabright dismissed with prejudice Jane Quitugua\u2019s lawsuit based upon the parties\u2019 agreement.<\/p>\n
Attorney Michael W. Dotts, counsel for Palms Resort Saipan owner Micronesian Resort Inc., and attorney Stephen Woodruff, counsel for plaintiff Jane Quitugua, recently informed the district court about their full settlement.<\/p>\n
The parties asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit, saying their settlement does not require the court\u2019s continued jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
Dotts and Woodruff requested that once a new judge is designated to preside over this case that the new judge immediately enter the dismissal of this case.<\/p>\n
The lawyers said they agreed that each of the parties shall bear their own attorneys fees and court costs.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the NMI Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona recused from the case.<\/p>\n
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski on Dec. 29 designated Seabright, District Judge for the District of Hawaii, to preside over the case.<\/p>\n
Quitugua filed the lawsuit in May 2010. She accused Palms Resort of \u201cterminating her employment in an unlawful, discriminatory manner on a pretext of implementing organizational and staffing charges.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quitugua began working for the hotel as a front office supervisor in 1998 and was later promoted to senior assistant front office manager in 2007. She held on to that position until her termination in January 2009.<\/p>\n
Palms Resort\u2019s management had asserted that Quitugua\u2019s termination was simply necessitated by business restructuring. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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