H&H, Inc. v. Samoa Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

Introduction

Plaintiff Seong Lim Heo ("Heo"), a resident alien of American Samoa and Korean national, first arrived in American Samoa while serving as an engineer on a refrigeration cargo ship in 1999. Heo subsequently returned to the Territory in December 2002, with the purpose of establishing a refrigeration business. He sought out the defendant Heung Man Lim ("Lim"), manager/owner of defendant Samoa Enterprises, Inc. ("Samoa Enterprises"), as Heo had somehow learned that Lim, with the reputation of being the local "godfather" amongst the Korean community in American Samoa,…