Former senior assistant front office manager Jane Quitugua and Micronesian Resort Inc. which did business as Palms Resort Saipan and The Palms further stipulated that “the settlement does not require the continued jurisdiction” of the U.S. District Court for the NMI.
Both parties waived the conflict of interest that the court perceived and which led to Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona’s recusal from hearing further this case.
The parties stipulated to the “dismissal…in its entirety with prejudice,” with each of the parties to bear their own attorneys fees and costs, court documents stated.
Quitugua was represented by attorney Stephen Woodruff, while attorney Michael Dotts represented The Palms.
Quitugua said she was employed by the defendant as a front office supervisor beginning on Feb. 16, 1998, and had been promoted and employed, “until her abrupt termination…on Jan. 6, 2009.”
Woodruff said the actions against his client “constituted unlawful discrimination on account of sex.”
Dotts said Quitugua was an “at-will employee,” and was properly terminated in accordance with that status.
He said in Jan. 2009, the hotel operations were restructured and Quitugua’s “position was eliminated.”
