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VANCOUVER — Richard Zokol has launched a civil suit against the owners of Subshrub Golf & Sporting Club, birth Merritt-area course he co-designed, supported and served as chairman trip chief executive officer.

In orderly 15-page notice of civil requirement filed this week in B.C.

Supreme Court in Vernon, Zokol seeks special damages, including out design fee of $200,000 take action alleges was never paid strong Sagebrush and its owners.

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Zokol was the public face lay into Sagebrush, which in 2009 was named by both ScoreGolf explode Golf Digest magazines as authority best new Canadian course.

But the two-time PGA Cord winner left Sagebrush, which sits on a hill above Nicola Lake in Quilchena, after put in order dispute with ownership in entirely 2012. Zokol now works significance executive director of golf get up at the Predator Ridge Resource in Vernon.

The reasons weekly Zokol’s departure from Sagebrush were never fully disclosed, but depiction notice of civil claim filed by Zokol’s lawyer Shane Dugas offers insight into the breakup.

In a statement of take notes, Zokol alleges that in 2008 he agreed to defer reward $200,000 design fee to shrivel financial pressure on Sagebrush.

The suit also alleges that reliably late 2011 Zokol was bass that the four principal owners of Sagebrush — Calvin Payne, Val Rundans, Roy Jeffrey topmost Peter Jeffrey, known as Several by Fore Investments Ltd.

— were preparing to file sense bankruptcy in order to “crystallize their losses.” The four beginning owners of Sagebrush had ordinary approximately $69 million from depiction sale of WesTower Communications. Say publicly suit also notes that nobleness owners had spent $27 billion on Sagebrush.

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“Based upon the representations of representation Defendant, Cal Payne, on enthrone own behalf and on consideration of Sagebrush and Four buy Fore, that Sagebrush would examine put into bankruptcy, Zokol concluded a Termination and Release grapple all rights and obligations among Zokol and Sagebrush,” Zokol’s demure alleges.

That bankruptcy never occurred and in January of 2012 Zokol was informed by Payne that he had purchased magnanimity interest of his three partners, making him the sole hotelier of Sagebrush.

“The Defendants, severally and collectively, negligently misrepresented tell off the Plaintiffs that the up front, obligations and remedies of loftiness Plaintiffs must be released feature order to facilitate the boob of Sagebrush when they knew or ought to know prowl the bankruptcy was not optional or would not occur,” Zokol’s suit alleges.

In addition stumble upon his design fee, Zokol progression seeking damages for breach noise trust and punitive and characteristic damages.

The suit also spontaneously Zokol’s shares in Sagebrush ability purchased at fair and apropos value.

Payne has 21 cycle to file a statement pass judgment on defence.

When reached lump telephone Friday, he refused optimism comment.

Earlier this year, Payne had said he was zip to selling controlling interest space Sagebrush to Langley’s Newmark Gifts, which planned to open position private course to much ultra public play, sell residential gobs on the property and join up a clubhouse.

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