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Adjudicated lawsuits against Hermitage and Barnes tops $15 million

Table of adjudicated lawsuits against the Hermitage and James Barnes Docket/State Plaintiffs Defendants Default? Amount of judgment 5:18-cv-56 US District Court VT RTM Capital Partners, LPV, 15-Hermitage, Matthew...

Hermitage Lawsuits head south of the border, to Connecticut

By Mike Eldred
HARTFORD, CT- Three plaintiffs who were successful in their Vermont lawsuits against James Barnes and the Hermitage are seeking to domesticate their lawsuits in Barnes’ and Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company’s home state.
This week a Connecticut judge granted...

Hermitage Club founder James Barnes, right, raised a glass to toast the opening of the Barnstorrmer lift in January 2016.

Hermitage Club founder James Barnes, right, raised a glass to toast the opening of the Barnstorrmer lift in January 2016.

Barnstormer group files against Barnes, Hermitage Club

HARTFORD, CT- Five members of a company formed to finance the Hermitage Club’s Barnstormer ski lift are seeking $9.8 million they say James Barnes and Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company owe them. The action filed in Hartford, CT Superior Court also seeks the appointment of an interim...

Suit alleges consumer fraud committed by Barnes, Hermitage

NEWFANE- A Massachusetts man is seeking more than $5.7 million in damages for money he says he’s owed under a 2015 investment membership deal he entered into with the Hermitage Club and James Barnes.
According to a suit filed in Windham Superior Court last week, club member Robert Coffin...

Former Hermitage CFO seeks court's affirmation

NEWFANE- Former Hermitage Club Chief Financial Officer Dan Solaz has filed an action in Windham Superior Court asking a judge to confirm a $300,000 arbitration award stemming from an ongoing suit he filed against the Hermitage Club and James Barnes in January.
Solaz was terminated from...

Suit claims breach of contract, seeks damages

By Mike Eldred
NEWFANE- An Armonk, NY, couple filed a suit in Windham Superior Court earlier this month, alleging that James Barnes and the Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company failed to honor the terms of the couple’s investment memberships in the Hermitage Club.
Hermitage...

Public notice signed by Vermont Tax Commissioner Kai Samson prohibiting the Hermitage from operating.

Public notice signed by Vermont Tax Commissioner Kai Samson prohibiting the Hermitage from operating.

State files suit against Barnes for $1 million

NEWFANE- The Vermont Department of Taxes has filed suit against James Barnes, claiming he owes more than $1 million in unpaid meals, rooms, sales, and use taxes.
The Vermont Department of Taxes shut down operations at the Hermitage Club and Hermitage Inn for non-payment of taxes three...

Hermitage Club lays out restructuring plan during members call

WILMINGTON- Hermitage Club officials presented their operational plan to members in a teleconference Wednesday afternoon, and according to at least one club member, the upshot was a pitch for the payment of club membership dues by September 1.
The meeting follows an announcement by...

Barnes announces tentative financing deal

WILMINGTON- Hermitage Club Founder Jim Barnes announced a tentative financing deal with Oz Real Estate to bail out the beleaguered private resort in an email to members on Tuesday afternoon. “The Hermitage Club has been working for several months with a large institutional investor having...

Hermitage Club vendor wins $1.6 million judgment

NEWFANE- Windham Superior Court Judge John Treadwell has ordered the Hermitage and James Barnes to pay nearly $1.6 million to Reinhart Food Service.
According to the summary judgment, granted last week, Barnes and the Hermitage are both liable for $1,304,452.91 of the amount, and the...