Landmark Hotel owner Halsey Minor kept his word. On December 11, Minor refilled claims against former hotel developer Lee Danielson and Specialty Finance Group, LLC (SFG).
Last month, a Charlottesville judge granted a demurrer filed by former Landmark Hotel developer Lee Danielson and his attorney that asked to have the fraud and negligence charges removed from the lawsuit that Minor had filed against him.
The amended complaints include: breach of contract (loan agreement); breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; breach of fiduciary duty; fraud in the inducement; fraud; constructive fraud; interference with contract; breach of contract (development agreement); breach of contract (restaurant lease); declaratory relief and rescission of guaranty.
Minor’s claim includes a jab at Danielson’s alleged “sabotage” of the hotel for submitting a “sham” budget.
“Additionally, instead of acting in Owners’ best interest, Mr. Danielson treated the project as his own and Owners as his personal bank account to fund everything, including the items that he had intentionally omitted from the budget.”
Minor also argues that Danielson and SFG “colluded” to remove him as the owner of the hotel.
“Owners are informed and believe, and thereon allege, that Mr. Danielson colluded with SFG to devise this scheme to allow SFG to stop funding the loan until they could find a replacement for owners who would give Mr. Danielson free reign.”
