Falcon Physician Reviews Inc. of Dallas alleged its students'credit cards were fraudulently used while they were staying at the378-room Holiday Inn Select at 2645 LBJ Freeway, which Younan hadunder contract to sell when the July 19, 2006 lawsuit was filed.The hotel did sell in late September2006, with Younan continuing to wage a battle over hisfirst lawsuit by counter-suing one month after the group broke aone-year contract to house students at the North Dallas hotel whilethey took USMLE prep courses.

"This wasn't about money. This was about our honor, our name andour reputation," Zaya Younan, chairman and CEO of Los Angeles-basedYounan Properties Inc., tells GlobeSt.com. "This was our firstlawsuit ever. We want to let the market know we are very serious indefending our name and will continue to do so."

Falcon Physician Reviews' attorney David Curtis, partner inShackelford, Melton & McKinley of Dallas, declined to commenton the decision. He also had no comment as to whether an appealwould be filed.