A civil suit involving the Trimper family was tossed last week after a circuit court judge ruled there was no issue of facts presented in the case.
On Jan. 30, Worcester County Circuit Court Judge Leah Seaton granted motions for summary judgment filed by four defendants accused of fraud, corporate waste, aiding and abetting, and other claims during their time as officers of various Trimper corporations. The ruling, which orders plaintiff Joyce Trimper to pay three defendants’ court costs, effectively ends a nearly two-year-long civil suit.
“This Court finds the arguments made by Defendants in their motions for summary judgment to be persuasive, and adopts those arguments as to the statute of limitations, and as to Plaintiffs’ failure to prove damages and provide evidence to support the underlying claims … the Court finds that there is no genuine dispute of material fact and that the Defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law in their favor,” the order reads.
In March of 2023, Joyce Trimper of Florida and daughters Antoinette Bruno of New York and Wendy Delamater of Ocean City, all of whom are stockholders in several Trimper entities, filed a civil suit against area residents J. Douglas Trimper, Gordon Brooks Trimper, the estate of Christopher Trimper, Linda Trimper Holloway, Stephanie Trimper Lewis and more than a dozen associated corporations – including Trimper Amusements, Windsor Resort, Trimper’s Playland and Trimper’s Tidal Wave. Of the nine counts listed, seven sought $105 million in compensatory damages and $140 million in punitive damages.
The civil suit’s allegations were denied by those named in the suit.
one hell of a money laundering operation!