NEW ORLEANS –– The former operators of the Troubadour Hotel accuse the owners of violating a termination agreement.
Joie de Vivre Hospitality LLC filed a lawsuit on Aug. 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Slumber Corners Master Tenant LLC.
According to the complaint, Joie de Vivre Hospitality managed the Central Business District hotel for two years until both parties decided to end the agreement. The termination agreement called for Slumber Corners to pay $1.15 million in monthly payments, the complaint states.
Joie de Vivre Hospitality alleges Slumber Corners has not made those monthly payments since November 2017.
Joie de Vivre Hospitality claims it "substantially complied with its obligations under the termination agreement in all material respects, and turned over control of the Troubadour to defendant and its new management company as of October 1, 2017 as contemplated by the Termination Agreement and the accelerated turnover date agreement of the parties."
Slumber Corners contended the plaintiff breached the termination agreement by "committing various alleged wrongs." But in the complaint, Joie de Vivre called those arguments "false" and that Slumber Corners was "refusing to pay."
Joie de Vivre is seeking compensation in the amount of at least $818,750 as well as legal interest and attorneys' fees, plus costs. The company is being represented by R. Patrick Vance and Brett S. Venn of Jones Walker LLP of New Orleans. No judge has been assigned yet.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Case number 2:18-cv-07731-EEF-JVM