Dunham Tavern Museum, board members sued over proposed real-estate deal with Cleveland Foundation—Cleveland Plain Dealer
The lawsuit, filed by Fairlawn-based Pattakos Law Firm, seeks to invalidate the proposed sale of museum land to the Cleveland Foundation. The complaint names museum board President Tim Collins, board member David Wagner and the museum as defendants. …
The complaint filed Thursday notes the museum raised more than $700,000 between 2012 and 2017 to purchase and restore the 2.28-acre site, “consistent with the organization’s stated mission and vision to ‘preserve, develop, and share historical Dunham Tavern Museum and its campus as an educational and cultural resource,’ ‘provide an urban green space in Midtown Cleveland, and to return the tavern to its roots by serving as a place for urban history, education, nature, and community.’”
The complaint alleges that Collins, Wagner and several other museum board members “stand to profit personally and financially from the sale,” in violation of the board’s bylaws. …