The lawsuit, filed by the Ransom Oaks homeowners association against the East Amherst, N.Y., golf course and two residents, will determine if property owners within the development must get permission from the association before selling off any part of their land. The case will head to trial in January 2018, unless the parties reach a settlement before then.
A four-year-old lawsuit centered on a cart path at Glen Oak Golf Course in East Amherst, N.Y., will head to trial in January 2018 in State Supreme Court, unless the parties reach a settlement before then, the Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported.
Justice John L. Michalski set aside two weeks at the end of January for the trial to resolve the lawsuit filed by the Ransom Oaks homeowners association in 2013 against the nearby the golf course and two residents, the News reported.
The legal question at the heart of the suit is whether property owners within the Ransom Oaks development must get permission from the association before selling off any part of their land. In this case, the property is a golf course path that crosses through the yards of a number of Ransom Oaks homeowners, and has sparked a years-long standoff between the association and Glen Oak, the News reported.
Craig R. Bucki, the association’s attorney, also requested that a mediator help lead future settlement talks. The attorneys for the other two parties said they would take this request to their clients for their review, the News reported.
The suit also seeks repayment of the association’s lawyers’ fees. Since 2013, Ransom Oaks has spent more than $121,000 on lawyers—money that comes out of residents’ yearly association fees—prompting some residents to demand to know why it is taking so long to resolve the dispute, the News reported.
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