Judge Issues Key Ruling in Homestead Case July 5, 2024 Following a two-week trial in May, Whatcom County Superior Judge David Freeman rendered an oral ruling in the Hillius v. 18 Paradise, LLP on July 3, 2024. The decision comes at the end of a hard-fought legal battle that has embroiled the Homestead Farms community in Lynden, Washington for nearly 4 years. The judge’s decision addressed numerous claims and counterclaims of the various parties, including the decision to invalidate certain decision made by MJ Management, LLC the management company that...
MJ Management Wins Major Victory in Homestead Golf Course Lawsuit March 22, 2024 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON On Thursday, March 21, 2024, Whatcom County Superior Court Judge, David Freeman, entered a decision in the case of Hillius, et al. v. 18 Paradise, LLP, et al. that has fundamentally changed the direction of the case. The decision dismisses the class action plaintiffs’ claims for violations of the Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”) against the Defendants. The court’s decision dismisses a number of parties as defendants and eliminates the plaintiffs’ most significant legal claims in a case that...
MJ Management Seeks Defendant Class Action Counterclaim in Ongoing Homestead Community Litigation October 31, 2023 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON A major change is expected in the Homestead Farms Golf Course litigation, should a recent filing in the case be granted by the court. On October 23, 2023, attorneys for Defendant MJ Management, LLC filed a motion requesting a change to MJ Management’s pleadings. This request includes an amended counterclaim for a Defendant Class Action to prosecute additional claims against the approximate 600 individual parcel owners in the Homestead Planned Residential Community, a golf course community located in...
LIVE: Homestead Golf Course Litigation Homepage September 7, 2023 A website for the Homestead golf course litigation has gone live! Readers can visit and share the website (at www.homesteadgolfcourselitigation.info) to get informed on the background and facts of the ongoing case, learn about Possinger Law Group’s involvement, and stay updated on future developments. We look forward to sharing the details of this litigation with the public as the case progresses. Possinger Law Group recently appeared in this three-year-long dispute surrounding the Homestead Farms Golf Course and over 600 of...
Possinger Law Group Appears in Contentious Homestead Golf Course Litigation August 9, 2023 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON Litigation surrounding the Homestead Farms Golf Course and over 600 of the homeowners of this exclusive neighborhood in Lynden, Washington, has been raging for over three years. Last week, Jeffrey Possinger of Possinger Law Group of Woodinville and Anacortes attorney Reid Meyers appeared in the case on behalf of MJ Management, LLC, its owner, Mick O’Bryan, and former owner Joshua Williams. Prior to the lawsuit being filed, MJ Management had managed the golf course since 2017. “We are...