VENICE: PLANTATION GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB FACES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FOR POCKETING MILLIONS OWED TO FORMER MEMBER
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
MctLaw Press Release
A subsidiary of Concert Golf Partners that controls the Plantation Golf and Country Club (PGCC) in Venice, FL faces a class action lawsuit brought by former members who say they were denied millions of dollars in refunds. In a November 1st ruling, Judge Andrea McHugh, a Florida circuit court judge, granted class action status to the suit by former members against the club and Concert Plantation, LLC.
Between 500 and 700 resigned members may be part of this class action. 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.
In 2016, the Plantation Golf and Country Club Board revised the club’s Bylaws to short-change former members owed refunds. Attorneys with mctlaw uncovered evidence from a 2013 Plantation Golf and Country Club Legal Committee meeting showing that the Club attorney told board members that they could not change the Bylaws to get out of paying back resigned equity members. They did it anyway.
Beverly White is one of the victims. She and her husband Kenneth, a former Tuskegee airman, joined Plantation in 1995 as equity members and one of the first African American couples at the club. The Whites resigned in 2007 and Plantation Golf and Country Club was required to refund them $24,000. Instead, Mrs. White received a check for only $1,200 dollars from PGCC. She’s not alone. Plantation Golf and Country Club gave some resigned members only 5% of what they were owed. Beverly White is now a widow and is still waiting for the $24,000 refund that Plantation Golf and Country Club owes her.
“Many of the victims are elderly and some have passed away while waiting for Plantation Golf and Country Club and Concert Golf Partners to do the right thing,” says attorney Christina Unkel. “They kept millions of dollars that belong to their former club members. This class-action aims to hold them accountable in Court.” The lawsuit charges Plantation Golf and Country Club and Concert Plantation, LLC with breach of contract, declaratory action for account stated, unjust enrichment, and fraudulent transfer. Trial is set for June of 2022.
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