A civil lawsuit among members of the Trimper family could proceed to trial next year, but not before a settlement conference in December.
Attorneys representing several members and amusement corporations within the Trimper family recently came before a Worcester County Circuit Court judge to set the schedule for a lawsuit brought forth by plaintiffs Antoinette Bruno, Wendy Delamater and Joyce Trimper. While a jury trial has been set for Feb. 10-28, 2025, the involved parties will have an opportunity to resolve the dispute in a settlement conference to be held on Dec. 18.
“I want to set a trial date because nothing has moved in this case,” Judge Leah Seaton said.
In March of 2023, the plaintiffs filed a civil suit against defendants 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 – alleging misappropriation, corporate waste, self-dealing and fraudulent concealment. The 39-page suit listed nine counts, seven of which sought a total of $105 million in compensatory damages and $140 million in punitive damages.
“This is a civil action for legal and equitable relief, including damages, imposition of a constructive trust and stockholder derivative claims …,” the suit reads. “Beginning in or about 1995 and continually until early 2020, some or all of the Defendants Doug Trimper, Brooks Trimper, Chris Trimper, Linda Trimper Holloway, Stephanie Trimper Lewis and the Related Companies, individually, and in concert with each other, have engaged in a continuous course of wrongful conduct and breaches of fiduciary duties designed to surreptitiously and systematically misappropriate and waste of the Corporations and engage in self-dealing.”
And this is news because??!!
What is going on with Gavin Knupps’s situation. I am much more concerned about that than the Trimper’s!
Gavin will get justice, in time. Screw ups within politics (DA’s, circuit courts, etc) should be held accountable when big money is involved.
Now, the trimmer story is huge dealings for the island at large. Very shortly the boardwalk we all know of could go POOF with big business. All the major players are sitting, watching to include the big name hotel companies. Just look who has taken over the last 20 yrs….and who left.
Big named companies with big pockets have multiple tiered hotels….big name locals have many establishments. Who doesn’t? Little peeps.
2 big plots of land that OC wants badly….the 2 mobile home parks on the bayside.
Gavin fam will get their justice…….the island and its inhabitants????
Bigger picture at play.
Yes me to 6:45
The Trimper family have been dodging taxes for decades. Not surprising they’re doing even more shady business dealings on the side as well.