Anderson
Anderson v. Sands
Opinion
lead Opinion
Byrne, J.
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
It is important that all persons connected with these lawsuits understand the reasons for these orders of dismissal.
The actions have been dismissed because the prospective plaintiffs were never properly apprised by their “representatives” of certain essential information concerning the true nature of their participation in these proceedings. For example, the Court found that the prospective plaintiffs were either not informed or were misinformed about the nature of their relationship with Mr. David J. Levenkron; about the nature of the arrangement for legal representation by the law firm of Mackey, Klein and Dawson; and about their potential liability for costs in these actions.
In addition, the Court found that the prospective plaintiffs were not informed or were misinformed about the use of over $200,000.00 of “registration fees” which they had submitted to Mr. Levenkron. In particular, the prospective plaintiffs were not informed that the Saltón City Area Property Owners Association was not a formal organization but merely a fictitious name under which Mr. Levenkron was individually doing business; and that Levenkron was not acting, as he had claimed, as…