Timeshare pioneer Hillel A. Meyers of Miami, investor Donald G.Saunders of Las Vegas and attorney Thomas K. Russell of Californiaare suing a pair of high-powered Dallas businessmen, Gary andMichael Kornman, and Howard Jenkins, chairman of Florida-basedPublix Supermarkets Inc., for allegedly undermining the hotel planin 1998. Also under fire is a host of businesses, including PremierInterval Resorts Inc. in Dallas and Houston-based Meralex LP andRevanche LLC. The case was filed in the 19th Judicial DistrictCourt of Dallas; the trial date is Oct. 18.

The six businessmen have been embroiled in legal battles since1999 when Maxim's prior owner, Premier Interval Resorts, filedChapter 11 in a finger-pointing bankruptcy. Five years into thebattle, Meyers, Saunders and Russell said they learned duringdepositions a year ago that now-established facts differed widelyfrom what they were told in the past, William A. Brewer III,partner in Dallas-based Bickel & Brewer, tells GlobeSt.com. "Itwas pure happenstance that my guys found this out," he says.

Brewer is seeking to reclaim business losses even though theMaxim has traded twice, the most recent sale in 2002 for $38million to Cincinnati-based Columbia Sussex Corp., which has sincecompleted a hefty renovation and opened doors as a franchisedWestin at 160 E. Flamingo Road. Before the redevelopment, thetwin-tower hotel held 795 rooms and a 40,000-sf casino.