Kan Pacific Saipan is demanding a jury trial in a lawsuit against IPI for breach of contract and unpaid fees dating back to June 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Northern Mariana Islands.-\u00a0Imperial Pacific International\u00a0<\/strong>is facing another legal issue. Kan Pacific Saipan Ltd has now filed a lawsuit in Federal Court alleging that IPI failed to pay the company, violating the agreement they reached in May 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company’s lawyer Joseph Iacopino said that\u00a0IPI still needs to make annual payments due June 2020 and June 2021<\/strong>, which amount to more than US$400,000.\u00a0Kan Pacific wants a jury trial and hopes that the court will order IPI to pay damages<\/strong>, arrears, legal costs, pre-judgment interest, and other relief that the court deems appropriate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In July,\u00a0Kan Pacific Saipan Ltd\u2019s complaint against IPI was dismissed<\/a>\u00a0without prejudice by the Court Associate Judge Wesley Bogdan. IPI asked the court to dismiss the case because Kan Pacific failed to join an indispensable party, the CNMI Department of Public Lands (DPL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n IPI argued that the Department of Public Lands is a third-party beneficiary to the contract in dispute <\/strong>and that DPL was indispensable to resolving the suit because it had additional facts and evidence needed to fully determine any liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agreement between Kan Pacific was essentially to transfer all of Kan Pacific’s assets and business to IPI, and required Kan Pacific to encourage existing employees to join IPI.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Saipan Tribune, Iacopino said: “Kan Pacific sent IPI more than 10 days\u2019 notice of such default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “IPI has nevertheless continued to refrain from tendering any portion of such payment<\/strong>\u00a0or any other amount that has become due and owing thereafter, including the annual payment that became due and owing on June 1. 2021.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nCCC seeks immediate revocation of IPI casino licence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n