Ex-Wyndham salesperson awarded 20million in lawsuit for exposing dirty sales tactics

[BellaWyn]

Saw that last night and was thinking the same thing. I am really surprised there is not a ex employee on this forum giving us all the dirty secrets they were told to do.

Probably because there are too many owners in this forum that have already revealed their actual experiences which are reflective of those unethical practices. Here in TUG that information is kind of redundant and is usually met with "don't sit with sales in the first place" responses.

TUGGERS don't do that out of being overtly aggressive, but usually just posturing that it doesn't happen if you don't sit down in the first place. It's an unintentional smack at the OP's just wanting to vent their frustrations with the WYN sales practices. However, the beauty of TUG is that the information gets captured, over and over again, as a fore-warning for other owners wanting to understand what just happened to them in a sales meeting gone ugly and realizing they are not alone in the process.

 

[TUGBrian]

appears the 2nd case fell apart....

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/busi...m-timeshare-whistleblower-20170630-story.html

 

[55plus]

After reading the following in the article, "The plaintiffs in the Orlando case had tried to file in California first, but Wyndham had the case transferred to Orlando, where U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell has handled many cases against locally-based timeshare companies," it appears U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell is in the tank with Wyndham. Once he's gone maybe owners and employees will get a 'fair shake' and receive justice. But most likely Wyndham is grooming other judges to side with them for future lawsuits after Presnell leave the bench.

 

[Larry M]

I agree that she probably wont see $20M. Diving into the court filings, the jury awarded her $126k for lost wages, $1.3m for emotional distress, and $18.570m for punitive damages. It settles out for a fraction of that.

And while a lot is being made about the sales practices angle, the jury only found that Wyndham violated the CA labor code by unlawfully terminating her. That she complained about those sales practices, and was fired solely for that reason.

Does anyone know the status of the appeal?
Has the case been docketed?
Date?

 

[ecwinch]

The appeal has not yet been filed, only the notice of appeal. So nothing has been docketed.