Timeshares at Westgate Resorts

November 2020: The consolidated case was voluntarily dismissed When a complaint is dismissed without prejudice, an amended version of the complaint can be refiled..

September 2020: These two related cases (Hambacker and Kellough) were consolidated until the end of discovery.

June 2020: Two class-action lawsuits were filed against Westgate Resorts alleging, among other things, that the resort:

• Encourages sales agents to lie to prospective buyers using high-pressure sales pitches,
• Does not provide sales agents with disclosures to give to prospective buyers,
• Hides required disclosures in “secret pockets” in folios,
• Fails to adequately disclose that timeshare interests will be subject to a “floating use” plan, and
• Fails to adequately disclose the terms of the “floating use” plan.

Plaintiffs also claim that timeshare owners are frequently unable to use their timeshares as advertised. Click on the links below to read the complaints.

• Hambacker et al v. Westgate Resorts, Ltd. et al, Case No. 20-cv-833, E.D. Mo.)
• Kellough et al v. Westgate Resorts, Ltd. et al, Case No. 20-cv-711, E.D. Mo.)