Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc.

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• concluding that Motel 6 profited from the fraud \because by concealing the infestation it was able to keep renting rooms. Refunds were frequent but may have cost less than the cost of closing the hotel for a thorough fumigation.\
• concluding that Motel 6 profited from the fraud “because by concealing the infestation it was able to keep renting rooms. Refunds were frequent but may have cost less than the cost of closing the hotel for a thorough fumigation.”
• noting that punitive damages against a hotel of $1,000 per bed-bug infested room was arbitrary but not excessive
• noting that under Chicago Municipal Code, “a Chicago hotel that permits unsanitary conditions to exist is subject to revocation of its license, without which it cannot operate”
• upholding a high punitive damages award against a hotel for systematically concealing a bedbug infestation rather than paying for .extermination
• noting the defendant's profit from misconduct in the context of a general discussion of the deterrent effect of punitive damages, several paragraphs before its discussion of comparable civil penalties

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