Case Summary:

A.G. v. Northbrook Industries, Inc. (consolidated on appeal with G.W. v. Northbrook Industries, Inc., No. 25‑10829) is a civil sex‑trafficking case in which minor plaintiffs allege that Northbrook Industries operated a hotel that knowingly benefited from and facilitated their trafficking, and they now appeal adverse rulings from the federal district court to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, where the consolidated appeal (No. 25‑10816) was argued on January 30, 2026.

In the lower court, each plaintiff (A.G. and G.W.) filed a separate civil action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, alleging that Northbrook Industries, which did business as the United Inn or a similar motel, knowingly benefited from, participated in, or failed to stop thei ...