Like RLH, NPT contends Ridgewood initially showed interest in potentially purchasing a portion of the Property or the entire club from PCC in 2014, 2015, and then again in September 2016. Concert Golf Partners is a boutique operator of private golf and country clubs headquartered in Lake Mary, FL. X at 67:11-13; see also id. 149-1 at 56; Doc. No. No. 100-28, Ex. 100-5, Ex. Those eligible for the class action lawsuit include all individuals (or their guardians or estate representatives) who resigned their equity memberships before January 1, 2016, and have not received their full refund amount. 647, 654 (E.D. (Compare Id. Litig., 90 F.3d 696, 714 (3d Cir. of Am., Inc., Civil Action No. was basic to the transaction. (See Doc. (Doc. . NN at 267:21-268:1. The mere fact that Ridgewood showed interest in making an offer to PCC and followed up with telephone calls does not mean that they were parties to a transaction, whether business-related or not. No. 20 to Ex. ClubCorp and Morningstar are both golf course operators. 100-29, Ex. 149-1 at 112.) W at 111:3-9, 111:15-18.) Pa. June 19, 2014) (rejecting the defendant's argument that the plaintiffs had not been damaged and that summary judgment was warranted as to their breach of contract claim because at a minimum, nominal damages were proper to the extent the plaintiffs prevailed on liability); Haywood v. University of Pittsburgh, 976 F.Supp.2d 606, 645 (W.D. 125-14, 173.) Between 500 and 700 resigned members may be part of this class action. In their motions for summary judgment, Defendants argue that the 550 and 551 claims should be dismissed because the Concert and Ridgewood Defendants were not parties to a transaction with PCC; Defendants did not owe PCC a duty to speak and therefore a fraudulent nondisclosure claim cannot lie under 551; and NPT has failed to produce evidence showing active concealment under 550. And PCC did not push back or drive a harder bargain to get CGP to expend more money on capital improvements following the sale of the developed Property-things that could have increased its own profit as well. Meyer immediately forwarded to Silverman, stating, Hot off the press. 116 at 26 (quoting Parasco v. Pac. The lawsuit said Sylvia Coleman was unfairly fired from her job as a detention officer in 2018, just days after she was offered the position. (Doc. 1.) The Court disagrees. Servs. No. But, ironically, the Gaines court conflated 550 and 551 by holding that the plaintiffs could not bring a claim of fraudulent concealment under 550 because there was no duty to speak to the general public or the residents of Homestead, Pennsylvania. No. at 1274-75. . (Id. 22 to Ex. at 23. and then Concert told Ridgewood to stay down, therefore, not to have potentially two people interested in Philmont, that would have changed [his] opinion of the transaction. ), In an email from months before the PSA was executed, November 21, 2016, Nanula emailed Brandon Collins at CGP, writing, The wild ideas the Board has about a master plan' for the North Course are probably way overblown, and we have huge capital needs in the clubhouse, HVAC, etc. The Motion by Concert Plantation and PGCC to continue/delay the trial is DENIED. A: Well, you know, because we - we wanted to be out of the club business so, you know, if we received one offer where we were going to have an operator versus another offer that was just for real estate deal there may have been some concerns about, you know, continuing to having [sic] to operate the club.). at 654 (discussing materiality in the context of a breach of contract claim in an insurance case and an insurer's post-loss investigation). No. The family of the late Kobe Bryant has agreed to a $28.5 million settlement with Los Angeles County to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and No. Stallone testified that during a phone call with Nanula, he and Tulio believed that Nanula was fishing and ended the conversation. (See id. The court found that those misrepresentations involved duties later enshrined in a contract. Id. 6:21-CV-00134 | 2021-04-08. 100-6, Ex. 11 to Ex. NPT relies on the evidence of disgruntled members to support its contention that Ridgewood and CGP's relationship was material. A.) Second, the proposed Seventh Amendment provided that NPT would pay an additional $45,000 for each lot, if any, it was permitted to develop over 160 lots. Accordingly, the Court denies Ridgewood's motion for summary judgment as to the breach of contract claim. No. Nanula also stated that Ridgewood's proposal juices our normal deal returns nicely. (Id.) . Therefore, I am respectfully requesting for you to determine which course of action you like us to proceed [sic][.]).) No. (Doc. 14 to Ex. 100-18, Ex. 100-5, Ex. No. 21 to Ex. Plotnick and Meyer spoke on the phone on October 5, October 10, and October 13. No. No. No. We are taking the risk in this scenario, not the club.); accord id., Ex. United States District Court, E.D. 100-28, Ex. All of these ball drops' as Peter Nanula would refer to them, along with the disregard to the contract (60 Acres of Land vs 80, Modern Clubhouse Standards, Outings during off-peak times, and $5M of improvements [I'd be shocked if half of that was spent with the patchwork that has been done to date]) have brought me to my design [to resign. (Doc. ), Silverman is a Certified Public Accountant and a business advisor. Thus, PCC could have learned this information (Ridgewood and CGP's relationship) from the Township, and not just the Concert and Ridgewood Defendants. (Id. A.) a. See Schutter, 2008 WL 2502132, at *2, *6-7 (granting summary judgment on fraudulent omission claim under 551 and holding that a hostel's bed capacity was not basic to the transaction, even though the plaintiff only purchased the hostel based on his understanding that the hostel had a 70-bed capacity and sought to cancel the agreement of sale after learning that the hostel's bed capacity was in fact only 54 beds). The Court is not persuaded. but in reality he was planning to actually spend less than $5 million, would you have still voted to sell the club to Concert Golf? at 150:5-11. When resigning from a PGCC equity membership, members go on a waiting list to get refunds. That this deception was undiscoverable, regardless of [PCC's] efforts, yields a duty to disclose.).) No. No. 22-2596 | 2022-08-29, Palm Beach County 15th Judicial Circuit Courts | Civil Right | ), Silverman and Meyer testified that they were not aware of any damages the Club suffered by virtue of Ridgewood sharing the information with ClubCorp or Morningstar. No. . Cancellation and Refund Policy, Privacy Policy, and 53 at 53 (Because CGP and Nanula were not parties to the PSA, the integration clause does not apply to them and NPT's fraud claims against them survive the motion to dismiss.)), courts have stated that an individual can be a party to a transaction for purposes of 550 and 551 liability even if they were not a party to the contract itself. No. fails to disclose . Theyre suing both PGCC and Concert Plantation LLC, a subsidiary of Concert Golf Partners that purchased PGCC in 2019. 173)-notwithstanding the fact that he had told Ridgewood that he was ready to paper [their] deal the week prior (Doc. 3 to Ex. Specifically: Restatement (Second) of Torts 551(2); see also Schutter v. Herskowitz, Civil Action No. ), Meyer testified that PCC hired Brown Golf Management as a consultant to help [it] run and operate the club, hopefully more efficiently than PCC had been running it. 17 to Ex. 100-34, Ex. . In December 2016-after PCC's Board approved CGP's proposal but before it approved the PSA-NPT approached PCC again about renewing the AOS. 2017-04395). 125-1 at 76 (Nanula gave Meyer his preliminary thoughts on a proposed transaction); id. (Doc. Nanula elaborated, In a normal deal where we are both fronting the land cost, I would still presume a straight-up 50-50 deal, but here the fact pattern and risks are different. (Id.). 100-28, Ex. 100-28, Ex. ; see also id. (Doc. Attorneys at mctlaw believe you deserve the amount originally and contractually promised when you purchased an equity membership. No. On March 1, 2017, Ridgewood Philmont and Concert Philmont Properties entered into a Development Services Agreement (DSA), pursuant to which Ridgewood would be responsible for obtaining development approvals for the Property. Q: And why is that? at 30. I think that shows we are for real and committed to getting this deal done.). 117 at 16-17. A.) ), A few hours later, Nanula sent a follow up email, stating that CGP continue[d] to be intrigued here, with the caveat that we still have to get comfortable with the Club in the event that no real estate proceeds are ever realized (enviro, Town, intersection, buyers). Concert Golf Partners bought Blue Hill CC in 2015, after the club was struggling with about $5 million (Id. No. A; Doc. No. (Doc. Nos. at 51; see also Doc. Because the gist of the action doctrine analysis is dispositive and bars NPT from bringing its fraud claim against the Concert Defendants, the Court does not address the Concert Defendants' other arguments as to why summary judgment is warranted on the fraud claim. 5 to Ex. DD at 5.5(k). 944 F.3d 1259 (10th Cir. 16 to Ex. The Court found that the fraud, antitrust, and civil conspiracy claims NPT asserted as assignee did not arise out of the PSA and, therefore, were not barred by the Limited Assignment of Claims between NPT and PCC. The Class serves the report of its expert Chris Foux regarding how much The Class is owed. at 22.) 100-7, Ex. at 29; see also Doc. at 28. at 50-53.) (Doc. No. . Final Judgment entered in favor of PGCC and Concert Plantation. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986). NPT counters that New Jersey law applies, citing to a choice of law provision in the Confidentiality Agreement. No. 100-5, Ex. at 1, 17, 88.) at 97. No. The hearing and the trial will move ahead as scheduled. Undoubtedly, the record shows that Nanula and CGP were heavily involved in the negotiations for the transaction. PCC did not suggest any capital improvements be made different from those described in the November 1 proposal. In allegedly creating the mayhem, Coutu became part of the transaction.). 35 to Ex. (See Doc. ), Because NVR is a homebuilder and does not engage in real estate development, it assigned its agreement with PCC to NPT, a developer. at 37; see also Doc. A; Doc. 149-1 at 86. (Doc. Q.) Deposition of Corporate Representative for Concert Golf Partners, LLC, Deposition of Corporate Representative for Concert Plantation, LLC, Deposition of Corporate Representative for Concert Golf Partners Holdco, LLC, Deposition of Corporate Representative for Golf GP II, LLC, Deposition of Corporate Representative for PGCC. K.) NPT reiterated its position that as a result of [the] material changes, [it] could not proceed absent an Amendment to the AOS and a corresponding Amendment to the LPA. (Id.) A.) (See Doc. M; accord id. No. 140-1 at 49. at 503. Section 551(2) outlines the five circumstances that give rise to a duty to disclose. 100-5, Ex. C at 228 (Mike Tulio's (the then-Vice President of Land Acquisition at Metropolitan) testimony that he signed the Fifth Amendment to the AOS on behalf of NPT); Doc. Id. (ii) to honor its commitment to retain 9 holes of the South Course (or to at least offer an acceptable alternative in light of its refusal to comply with the terms of our Agreement of Sale regarding the South Course), (iii) to provide evidence of the capital it has spent to date, (iv) to provide evidence of its retention of the capital reserves generated as a percentage of Member revenues as required under our Agreement of Sale, and (v) to create and implement a business plan that honors its obligations under our Agreement of Sale to return Philmont to an elite' country club status.).) 124-1 at 11.) A (Meyer's December 20, 2016 email to Silverman forwarding NPT's revised proposal, stating, Hot off the press. WKAR relies on individual This case was filed in U.S. District Courts, Florida Middle District. 1 at 226-41. 8:20-CV-01139 | 2020-05-15, U.S. District Courts | Labor | No. Section 550 imposes liability when one party to a transaction . Updated: Feb 28, 2023 / 05:11 PM EST. 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