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The Park West Gallery Lawsuit Collection now includes the following pending nationwide Federal class action lawsuits:

FILED IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN

Alleman et al v. Park West Galleries, Inc. et al - filed July 22, 2009
Mullen v. Park West Galleries, Inc., et al - filed July 24, 2009
Hatter v. Park West Galleries, Inc. et al - filed July 29, 2009
Bohm v. Park West Gallery, Inc. et al - filed April 13, 2009
(Bohm Amended Complaint filed July 24, 2009)

FILED IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

Blackman v. Park West Galleries, Inc et al - filed September 2, 2008

FILED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Bouverat v. Park West Gallery, Inc. - filed June 20, 2008

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Four Judgments Against Park West Gallery for Fraudulent Sale of Fake and Overpriced Art in Lawsuits Filed by Their Customers
Four judgments against Park West Gallery, sued by customers who claimed they had been defrauded by the Michigan art gallery, were handed down by the Honorable Nanci J. Grant, Circuit Court Judge of the Oakland County Michigan Circuit Court today, awarding the Plaintiffs damages of close to $9,000 against Park West for artwork they purchased at art auctions on cruise ships or by direct sale by Park West Gallery in Michigan and dismissing with prejudice multi-million counter-claims by Park West against their customers.
Press Room, January 21, 2009

Litigation Update #8: Corruption, Manipulation, Deceit and Worthless Park West Gallery Appraisals
It is important to explain or attempt to explain just how Park West Gallery is able to con hundreds of thousands of cruise passengers (as well as customers at land based auctions) sometimes out of their life's savings. Some of Park West Gallery's sales tactics are so subtle that it would and often does fool even the intelligent and savvy.
Art News, Legal, January 16, 2010

Litigation Update #7: Park West Gallery Drags Royal Caribbean into Its Cesspit of Controversy
Set forth below is the latest information and exciting developments regarding the barn burner litigation between Fine Art Registry® and Park West Gallery. We also report here on the continuing sensational events swirling around the victims' lawsuit against Park West Gallery, namely Sharon Day and Julian Howard, et. al. v. Park West Gallery and Royal Caribbean and how the recent shocking Michigan Court of Appeals decision and Order weighs heavily in favor of the victims, not only in the case mentioned above, but also for all the victims involved in the six nationwide class actions currently pending.
Art News, Legal, January 7, 2010

Litigation Update #6: Park West Gallery Lawyers' Hasty Court Filing Throws Open Pandora's Box
You would think that with all the money Park West Gallery and its CEO Albert Scaglione have made off the backs of innocent victims that he would be able to afford the cream of the legal crop to defend him and his gallery against the mounting nationwide litigation being filed against them. Okay, if not the cream of the legal crop, then at least halfway skilled legal counsel with the sense of a walnut to perform even the most basic of due diligence BEFORE filing public documents.
Art News, Legal, December 30, 2009

Litigation Update #5: Park West Gallery Up Against the Ropes and More Remarkable Developments
The February 2010 scheduled legal boxing match between Park West Gallery and Fine Art Registry® was recently cancelled by the Michigan Federal Court. It is currently on the court's trailing docket calendar, and is expected to be reset sometime in March of 2010. Though Fine Art Registry has been ready to go head to head in the legal ring with the bully, Park West Gallery, since the originally scheduled trial date in October, this second in a row of welcome delays provides Fine Art Registry with additional time to further expose the gallery's continued bad business practices. To this end, we will in the immediate future begin with the release of a new investigative report on the Park West Gallery Destino collection.
Art News, Legal, December 15, 2009

Litigation Update #4: Do Bernie Ewell or his Lawyer Have a Clue?
Ewell's Motion to Dismiss, filed on October 8, 2009, is entertaining, and one of the more creative legal pleadings we have read in some time. Fine Art Registry is pleasantly surprised, however, that Ewell's legal counsel has taken the position he has on Ewell's so-called expertise. We suspect that Ewell, Park West Gallery and their respective lawyers don't have a clue as to what Ewell has done in taking the position that he has in his Motion to Dismiss. Ewell's lawyer obviously having a serious deficit when it comes to art industry knowledge, made a serious error on the part of his client. But as luck would have it, his deficit operates as a tremendous advantage to Fine Art Registry and the many Park West Gallery/Ewell victims.
Art News, Legal, November 7, 2009

Litigation Update #3: Park West Gallery Hornet's Nest of Litigation, an Update on the Nationwide Class Actions
Anything Goes When it Comes to Financial Gain. On September 29, 2009, Defendants Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines filed a Motion to Dismiss the claims of Plaintiffs Bohm and Lee in in connection with the fraudulent artwork they purchased shipboard from Park West Gallery.
Art News, Legal, October 31, 2009

Litigation Update #2: Park West Gallery Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
More Litigation Updates. Is Park West Gallery attempting to cut its captive self-proclaimed Dali authenticator, Bernard Ewell, adrift? On September 19, 2009, Park West Gallery filed a Motion to Sever Bernard Ewell from the Federal litigation.
Art News, Legal, September 30, 2009

Litigation Update #1: Park West Gallery and its Astounding Experts and Legal Contortionists
A Litigation Update and more... Since May 2007 we have been reporting on the business practices of Park West Gallery, as well as the legal maneuverings, lawsuits, and threats of lawsuits by Park West Gallery to its own customers, in addition to other pending class litigation against the self-proclaimed "largest art gallery on the planet." We provide the following update for our membership and readers.
Art News, Legal, September 16, 2009

Losers! Park West Gallery's Motion DENIED!
Nationwide Class Actions Transferred to Washington State. The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik will be the Chief Judge and will preside over at least three of the nationwide class actions lawsuits against the Park West Gallery gang. The remaining three class actions currently pending in Michigan may be moved as well. Time will tell.
Art News, Legal, August 31, 2009

Park West Gallery motion to transfer Class Action Lawsuits to Michigan
Park West Gallery filed this recent motion to transfer all of the actions to the Eastern District of Michigan because they state that, "the active prosecution on opposite sides of the country raises the very real risk of duplicative efforts, conflicting rulings, and gross inefficiencies for the parties and the courts." Really? The shoe is on the other foot, is it? Park West Gallery has made a whole industry out of litigating opponents to death all over the country in as many jurisdictions as possible.
Art News, Legal, May 27, 2009

Park West Gallery Class Action Lawsuit Update
There's more bad news for the beleaguered Park West Gallery of Southfield, Michigan. On April 29, 2009, the Honorable Robert S. Lasnik ordered that "Park West and its closely-affiliated company, Fine Art Sales" must defend claims filed against them by the Plaintiffs in the State of Washington.
Art News, Legal, May 14, 2009

Frustrated Cruise Line Art Auction Buyers Sue Park West Gallery and Royal Caribbean Cruises for Fraud, Conspiracy and Other Charges
A Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial was filed on 23 December 2008 against Park West Galleries, Inc., Albert Scaglione and Morris Shapiro (owner and gallery director, respectively) and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., by the Farmington Hills, MI, attorneys, Kaufman, Payton and Chapa, for Plaintiffs Albert and Vivian Best, Sharon Day, Julian Howard, Deborah Austin, Cheryl Crist, Heidi Rice, Michael and Maria Vallillo and Martha Szostak, all customers of Park West Galleries and all, except for Albert and Vivian Best, Fine Art Registry members.
Press Room, January 7, 2009

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