Time Share Owners Must Arbitrate Suit

Nov. 12, 2013, 9:09 PM UTC

A would-be class action alleging Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc. intentionally misled senior citizens about the terms of their contracts must proceed in arbitration because the agreements’ arbitration clauses were not unconscionable, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held in a Nov. 8 amended order (Crook v. Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc., N.D. Cal., 13-03669).

Thomas and Donna Crook are senior citizens who alleged that Wyndham entities, and two of their employees, continuously misled them about the terms of their time share purchase contracts to increase sales.

According to the opinion, since 2001 the Crooks ...

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