On April 16, 2021 a
Motion,Ex Parte
was filed
involving a dispute between
Evans, Aretha,
Evans, Tony, Sr.,
Perkins, Monique,
Tanksley, Faith,
Williams, Deon,
and
Choudhury , Mmarooful,
Diamond Staffing Services, Llc,
Hawthorn Suites Franchising, Inc.,
Jain , Sanjeev,
Noshahi, Mohammad Sadiq,
Tasacom Real Estate, Llc,
Tasacom Technologies Inc,
Wyndham Hotel Group, Llc,
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.,
for OTHER PERSONAL INJURY
in the District Court of Dallas County.
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FILED
5/18/2023 10:44 AM
FELICIA PITRE
DISTRICT CLERK
DALLAS CO., TEXAS
Kellie Juricek DEPUTY
CAUSE NO. DC-21-04901
TONY EVANS SR., and ARETHA EVANS, IN THE DISTRICT COURT
§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§
Individually and 0n behalf of their minor son,
T.E., deceased, FAITH TANKSLEY 0n behalf of
minor T.E., III, Individually and on behalf of
His father, T.E., deceased and
DEON WILLIAMS,
Plaintiffs,
v. 162ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC d/b/a
HAWTHORN SUITES DALLAS LOVE FIELD
HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING, INC.,
WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.,
MOHAMMAD SADIQ NOSHAHI,
DIAMOND STAFFING SERVICES, LLC,
WYNDHAM HOTEL GROUP, LLC,
TASACOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
SANJEEV JAIN and
MMAROOFUL CHOUDHURY,
Defendants. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
DEFENDANT TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC D/B/A HAWTHORN SUITES DALLAS
LOVE FIELD’S CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE ON ITS MOTION TO SEVER AND
ABATE PLAINTIFFS’ALTER EGO CLAIMS FROM UNDERLYING LIABILITY
CLAIMS
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW, Defendant, TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC D/B/A HAWTHORN
SUITES DALLAS LOVE FIELD, and files its Certificate of Conference on its Motion to Sever
and Abate Plaintiffs’ Alter Ego Claims From Underlying Liability Claims, and would respectfully
Show the Court as follows:
12480872v1
12777.002
I.
CERTIFCATE OF CONFERENCE
I do hereby certify, pursuant to TEX. R. CIV. P. 191.2, that a reasonable effort has been made
to resolve the dispute Without the necessity of Court intervention and the effort failed. Plaintiffs
are opposed to this motion. Co-Defendants HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING, INC. AND
WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. are unopposed to this motion.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMPSON, COE, COUSH\IS & IRONS, L.L.P.
@m/
gm
By
Tasha L. Barnes
State Bar No. 00796163
Eva M. C. DeLeon
State Bar No. 24074774
Morgan J. Wells
State Bar No. 24106562
Benjamin Paul Dunn
State Bar No. 24124581
2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 300
Austin, Texas 78746
Phone: (512) 708-8200
Fax: (512) 708-8777
Email: tbames@thompsoncoe.com
Email: edeleon@thompsoncoe.com
Email: mwells@thompsoncoe.com
Email: bdunn@thompsoncoe.com
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC D/B/A
HAWTHORN SUITES DALLAS LOVE
FIELD
12480872v1
12777.002
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
By my signature above, I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been
delivered on this the 18th day of May 2023, to the following counsel of record Via e-service:
Nuru Witherspoon Jason Hopkins
Emily Taylor DLA PIPER LLP (U S)
The Witherspoon Law Group, PLLC 1900 N. Pearl St., Suite 2200
5565 Deer Creek, Unit A Dallas, Texas 75201
Dallas, Texas 75228 Jason.hopkins@dlapiper.com
Witherspoon@twlglawyers.com
taylor(a)twlglawyers.com And
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
Christopher B. Donovan
DLA PIPER LLP (US)
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 2800
Houston, Texas 77002
Christopherb.donovan(a3dlapiper.com
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING,
INC. AND WYNDHAM HOTELS &
RESORTS, INC.
12480872v1
12777.002
Automated Certificate of eService
This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.
The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system
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certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
Kiyomi Armistead on behalf of Tasha Barnes
Bar No. 00796163
KArmistead@thompsoncoe.com
Envelope ID: 75766302
Filing Code Description: Certificate Of Conference
Filing Description: DEF (TASACOME) CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
FOR THE MOTION SEVER & ABATE
Status as of 5/22/2023 12:52 PM CST
Associated Case Party: TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Tasha LBarnes tbarnes@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
LISAV IvilIasenor@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING, INC.
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Christopher BDonovan Christopher.B.Donovan@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Jason Hopkins 24059969 jason.hopkins@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Christopher BDonovan Christopher.B.Donovan@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Jason Hopkins 24059969 jason.hopkins@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Taylor Reed Taylor.reed@us.dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: MONIQUE PERKINS
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
RoseMarie Chambers rose.chambers@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
sherry M.fau|kner sherry.faulkner@us.dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Automated Certificate of eService
This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.
The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system
on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing
certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a
certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
Kiyomi Armistead on behalf of Tasha Barnes
Bar No. 00796163
KArmistead@thompsoncoe.com
Envelope ID: 75766302
Filing Code Description: Certificate Of Conference
Filing Description: DEF (TASACOME) CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
FOR THE MOTION SEVER & ABATE
Status as of 5/22/2023 12:52 PM CST
Associated Case Party: MONIQUE PERKINS
NURU WITHERSPOON witherspoon@twlglawyers.com 5/ 18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Sally Jones sally.jones@dlapiper.com 5/ 18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: MOHAMMADSADIQNOSHAHI
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Eva DeLeon edeleon@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Case Contacts
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Benjamin Dunn bdunn@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: TONY EVANS
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Aubrey "Nick" Pittman pittman@thepittmanlawfirm.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Nuru Witherspoon litigation@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Emily Taylor taylor@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: T. E.
Automated Certificate of eService
This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system.
The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system
on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing
certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a
certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules.
Kiyomi Armistead on behalf of Tasha Barnes
Bar No. 00796163
KArmistead@thompsoncoe.com
Envelope ID: 75766302
Filing Code Description: Certificate Of Conference
Filing Description: DEF (TASACOME) CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
FOR THE MOTION SEVER & ABATE
Status as of 5/22/2023 12:52 PM CST
Associated Case Party: T. E.
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Nuru Witherspoon litigation@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Aubrey "Nick" Pittman pittman@thepittmanlawfirm.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Emily Taylor taylor@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: ARETHA EVANS
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Emily Taylor taylor@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Aubrey "Nick" Pittman pittman@thepittmanlawfirm.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Nuru Witherspoon litigation@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
Associated Case Party: MMAROOFUL CHOUDHURY
Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status
Morgan Wells mwells@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT
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FILED 5/18/2023 10:44 AM FELICIA PITRE DISTRICT CLERK DALLAS CO., TEXAS Kellie Juricek DEPUTY CAUSE NO. DC-21-04901 TONY EVANS SR., and ARETHA EVANS, IN THE DISTRICT COURT §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Individually and 0n behalf of their minor son, T.E., deceased, FAITH TANKSLEY 0n behalf of minor T.E., III, Individually and on behalf of His father, T.E., deceased and DEON WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, v. 162ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC d/b/a HAWTHORN SUITES DALLAS LOVE FIELD HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING, INC., WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC., MOHAMMAD SADIQ NOSHAHI, DIAMOND STAFFING SERVICES, LLC, WYNDHAM HOTEL GROUP, LLC, TASACOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SANJEEV JAIN and MMAROOFUL CHOUDHURY, Defendants. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS DEFENDANT TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC D/B/A HAWTHORN SUITES DALLAS LOVE FIELD’S CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE ON ITS MOTION TO SEVER AND ABATE PLAINTIFFS’ALTER EGO CLAIMS FROM UNDERLYING LIABILITY CLAIMS TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT: COMES NOW, Defendant, TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC D/B/A HAWTHORN SUITES DALLAS LOVE FIELD, and files its Certificate of Conference on its Motion to Sever and Abate Plaintiffs’ Alter Ego Claims From Underlying Liability Claims, and would respectfully Show the Court as follows: 12480872v1 12777.002 I. CERTIFCATE OF CONFERENCE I do hereby certify, pursuant to TEX. R. CIV. P. 191.2, that a reasonable effort has been made to resolve the dispute Without the necessity of Court intervention and the effort failed. Plaintiffs are opposed to this motion. Co-Defendants HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING, INC. AND WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. are unopposed to this motion. Respectfully submitted, THOMPSON, COE, COUSH\IS & IRONS, L.L.P. @m/ gm By Tasha L. Barnes State Bar No. 00796163 Eva M. C. DeLeon State Bar No. 24074774 Morgan J. Wells State Bar No. 24106562 Benjamin Paul Dunn State Bar No. 24124581 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78746 Phone: (512) 708-8200 Fax: (512) 708-8777 Email: tbames@thompsoncoe.com Email: edeleon@thompsoncoe.com Email: mwells@thompsoncoe.com Email: bdunn@thompsoncoe.com ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC D/B/A HAWTHORN SUITES DALLAS LOVE FIELD 12480872v1 12777.002 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE By my signature above, I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been delivered on this the 18th day of May 2023, to the following counsel of record Via e-service: Nuru Witherspoon Jason Hopkins Emily Taylor DLA PIPER LLP (U S) The Witherspoon Law Group, PLLC 1900 N. Pearl St., Suite 2200 5565 Deer Creek, Unit A Dallas, Texas 75201 Dallas, Texas 75228 Jason.hopkins@dlapiper.com Witherspoon@twlglawyers.com taylor(a)twlglawyers.com And ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF Christopher B. Donovan DLA PIPER LLP (US) 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 2800 Houston, Texas 77002 Christopherb.donovan(a3dlapiper.com ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING, INC. AND WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. 12480872v1 12777.002 Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules. Kiyomi Armistead on behalf of Tasha Barnes Bar No. 00796163 KArmistead@thompsoncoe.com Envelope ID: 75766302 Filing Code Description: Certificate Of Conference Filing Description: DEF (TASACOME) CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE FOR THE MOTION SEVER & ABATE Status as of 5/22/2023 12:52 PM CST Associated Case Party: TASACOM REAL ESTATE, LLC Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Tasha LBarnes tbarnes@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT LISAV IvilIasenor@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: HAWTHORN SUITES FRANCHISING, INC. Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Christopher BDonovan Christopher.B.Donovan@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Jason Hopkins 24059969 jason.hopkins@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Christopher BDonovan Christopher.B.Donovan@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Jason Hopkins 24059969 jason.hopkins@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Taylor Reed Taylor.reed@us.dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: MONIQUE PERKINS Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status RoseMarie Chambers rose.chambers@dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT sherry M.fau|kner sherry.faulkner@us.dlapiper.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules. Kiyomi Armistead on behalf of Tasha Barnes Bar No. 00796163 KArmistead@thompsoncoe.com Envelope ID: 75766302 Filing Code Description: Certificate Of Conference Filing Description: DEF (TASACOME) CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE FOR THE MOTION SEVER & ABATE Status as of 5/22/2023 12:52 PM CST Associated Case Party: MONIQUE PERKINS NURU WITHERSPOON witherspoon@twlglawyers.com 5/ 18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Sally Jones sally.jones@dlapiper.com 5/ 18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: MOHAMMADSADIQNOSHAHI Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Eva DeLeon edeleon@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Case Contacts Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Ronald DHinds rdhinds@verizon.net 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Benjamin Dunn bdunn@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: TONY EVANS Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Aubrey "Nick" Pittman pittman@thepittmanlawfirm.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Nuru Witherspoon litigation@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Emily Taylor taylor@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: T. E. Automated Certificate of eService This automated certificate of service was created by the efiling system. The filer served this document via email generated by the efiling system on the date and to the persons listed below. The rules governing certificates of service have not changed. Filers must still provide a certificate of service that complies with all applicable rules. Kiyomi Armistead on behalf of Tasha Barnes Bar No. 00796163 KArmistead@thompsoncoe.com Envelope ID: 75766302 Filing Code Description: Certificate Of Conference Filing Description: DEF (TASACOME) CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE FOR THE MOTION SEVER & ABATE Status as of 5/22/2023 12:52 PM CST Associated Case Party: T. E. Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Nuru Witherspoon litigation@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Aubrey "Nick" Pittman pittman@thepittmanlawfirm.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Emily Taylor taylor@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: ARETHA EVANS Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Emily Taylor taylor@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Aubrey "Nick" Pittman pittman@thepittmanlawfirm.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Nuru Witherspoon litigation@twlglawyers.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT Associated Case Party: MMAROOFUL CHOUDHURY Name BarNumber Email TimestampSubmitted Status Morgan Wells mwells@thompsoncoe.com 5/18/2023 10:44:21 AM SENT