PLAINTIFFS ABANDON LAWSUIT!
LCA PAYS PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY FEES!
"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York.
And all the clouds that low'r'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried"
Richard the Third -- Act I, scene 1, 1-4
LCA LAWSUIT
Leilani Estates Information
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This website provides basic information about the 2020 Lawsuit that was initiated by four Leilani Estates
residents against the 2020 Leilani Community Association (LCA) Board of Directors (BoD). Included here are
links to the series of motions and counter-motions filed by the plaintiffs and defendants, commentary on some of the actions taken, the
effect of the lawsuit on LCA finances, and its affect on LCA elections of Board directors.
Although the lawsuit has now been settled, this website will remain active for historical completeness, as
a source of information for other home owner associations that may be involved in litigation, and to
report on other repercussions the lawsuit has had on LCA operations (e.g., elections).
UPDATE: (2022-12-20) —
The Settlement!
UPDATE: (2023-01-12) —
2023 Election Canceled! Changes to Election Process.
UPDATE: (2023-03-16) —
Plots of LCA Financial Reports 2020-2023.
On December 20, 2022, Judge Nakamoto ruled that the current plaintiffs (Leilani Community
Association) agreed with the defendants that all claims contained in the lawsuit should be
dismissed with prejudice (i.e., the claims can not be re-litigated).
In this section, we
provide the PDF files for the motions, responses, and the judicial rulings
accompanied by a short synopsis in plain English.
Access these documents at our lawsuit motions and rulings page.
The Plaintiff's 2021 change of lawsuit responsibility and burden
to the Leilani Community Association not only placed liability for attorney fees and court
costs on the LCA members, it also affected dramatically the elections of 2022 and 2023. This section
describes how the members were prevented from electing the Board of Directors for these two years as well as
how the election process, contrary to LCA By-laws, now allows the existing BoD to
prohibit members from voting or being candidates for office.
Click here to visit the Leilani Changes page.
As the LCA membership was the plaintiff of the lawsuit, attorney fees
and court costs will eventually be paid from the LCA treasury. In this
section, we track the decline in the treasury and the increase of
the debt. See the state of LCA's finances here.
Some have noticed that the agendas and minutes of recent Board of
Directors' meetings are insufficiently detailed, not formatted for
convenient reading, nor provided in a format that allows downloading
and printing. This section remedies
these shortcomings by providing audio files and transcripts of the
original meetings, and reformatted agendas and minutes. Read and print
what was said at the meetings here.