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Show A-3 The Park Record SSat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 22-25, 2008 giving Day Menu 2008 COUNTY SEAT COUNTY EDITOR: Patrick Parkinson 649-9014 ext.l 12 Autumn Vegetable Soup Fresh Salad Bar or Caesar Salad Roasted Tom Turkey Toasted Pinenut Stuffing Traditional Gravy Green Beans Almondine Creamy Mashed Potatoes Fresh Cranberry Relish Oat & Barley Beer Bread and Crisp Baguette Bread with Whipped Honey Butter Pumpkin Pie & Fresh Whipped Cream Or Spiced Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce countynews@parkrecord.com Westg^te replies to lawsuit tion. There are quite a number of issues yet to be addressed both by the trial judge and the appellate courts," Marder said. "We, obviously, when the time comes, will be pursuing appellate remedies. Consumer Protection Group We're certainly not going to be used stolen information to solicit content to let this jury verdict criticism ' from people who stand." The amount of damages received travel certificates, Marder said in a telephone inter- awarded was too high, he said. "This has not been signed off view. A Westgate employee stole on by the trial judge," Marder thousands of documents so the said. "There are limitations on names could be given to a man in how much can be awarded via Park City who began Consumer punitive damages. Those issues Protection Group and had remain to be litigated." The accusations concern a marworked as a Westgate broker. keting program in 2001 at Westgate that lured hundreds Westgate firmly believes that of Utahns to firm's Park these claimants would not have sur- the City spa, faced had their claims not been Marder said. An outsolicited illegally." side firm was hired by - Michael Marder Westgate to Westgate attorney generate the prospects for real estate sales, he said. Marder said. "The plan was to have this One of the parties who sued Westgate took the trip to company provide prospects to visit Westgate and one of the California, he said. "Others tossed their certifi- incentives that were offered was a cates and never tried to redeem vacation certificate," Marder said. Meanwhile, Consumer their travel," Marder said, adding that nobody complained directly Protection Group offered money to Westgate about the certificates. to people who received travel cer"Westgate firmly believes that tificates in exchange for singing complaints against these claimants would not have formal surfaced had their claims not been Westgate, Marder said. solicited illegally." "Westgate feels like we comIssues in the case must still be plied with our legal obligations addressed, he added. and did nothing wrong," Marder "This matter remains in litiga- said. An employee at timeshare firm stole information, lawyer claims By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Lawyers for Westgate Resorts plan to fight a $1 million verdict a Utah County jury levied against the Park City timeshare firm Nov. 14. The Florida-based company used travel certificates that were --too difficult to redeem to lure people to its Westgate Park City , Resort and Spa, the jury ruled. The plaintiff in the case, .Consumer Protection Group, was (created to sue Westgate on behalf V on several Utahns who claim the '.'business defrauded them by issu/ing travel vouchers that were •nearly impossible to redeem. t In exchange for touring the 'r new spa in the Snyderville Basin, Westgate promised free trips for Jwo to Anaheim, Calif., worth ;.$500. ..• But some who received certificates didn't attempt to redeem their vouchers, lawyers for '.Westgate claim. 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