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'Impeccably Honest' Denison Seeks Dismissal, Throws Galati, Allied Under Bus
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'Impeccably Honest' Denison Seeks Dismissal, Throws Galati, Allied Under Bus

GUEST POST: Yet Another Yacht Broker Suit Filed; All Three Are Consolidated

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Peter Swanson
Apr 05, 2024
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Bob Denison appears on a 2023 YouTube interview program. Denison took over his father’s yacht brokerage in 2020.

In a now-combined lawsuit with so many defendants, it was probably inevitable that one of them would begin to throw some of the others under the bus. Bob Denison’s company got there first when it asked the judge to dismiss the case against Denison alone.

The yacht press describes Denison as a “powerhouse,” often the leading broker in annual superyacht sales worldwide and employing nearly 100 brokers in 22 offices.

Yesterday, three cases with 21 defendants—including Denison, both big yacht broker associations and the company owning Yachtworld multiple listing service—were glummed into one big case. Michael Moore, a judge at U.S. District Court in Miami, said the lawsuits meet criteria for consolidation:

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Newspaper editor. Cruiser: Nova Scotia to Caribbean. Writer for boating magazines, specializing in Florida, Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Captain of excursion catamarans in the Dominican Republic. Delivery skipper. U.S. Coast Guard master's license.
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