EUCON International School, in response to the lawsuit filed by Yantao Xia in federal court, denies all the allegations of the former teacher.
Eucon attorney Colin Thompson asked the District Court for the NMI to rule in favor of his client and award Eucon reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
Xia sued Chinese Bible Church International Inc., doing business as Eucon International School, alleging breach of contract and other labor violations.
Xia filed the lawsuit pro se or on his behalf.
Thompson said, among other things, “Defendant had an honest, good faith belief that all decisions, if any, affecting Plaintiff were made by Defendant solely for legitimate, business-related reasons that were neither arbitrary, capricious, nor unlawful and were reasonably based upon the facts as Defendant understood them.”
Moreover, Eucon believes that the complaint “was brought by Plaintiff in bad faith and is frivolous and, by reason of the conduct stated herein, Defendant [is] entitled to, and [intends] to seek, reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in defending this action.”
Thompson contends that Eucon is also “not liable for the alleged damages because, if any person or entity engaged in intentional, willful, or unlawful conduct as alleged in the Complaint, such person or entity did so without the knowledge, authorization, or ratification of Defendant.”
According to Eucon, “All or portions of Plaintiff’s claims are barred by the doctrine of avoidable consequences because reasonable steps were taken to prevent and correct allegedly improper wage payments. Plaintiff unreasonably failed to use the preventative and corrective opportunities provided to them, and the reasonable use of those procedures would have prevented at least some, if not all, of the harm Plaintiff allegedly suffered.”
