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201. Plaintiffs have suffered damages as a result of the deceptive advertising <br /> practices of WPLLC, Stephenson, Gherardi, Coldwell, and Berg with respect to the <br /> Conservation Easement and the defective condition of the Property. <br /> 202. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 8.31 and the Minnesota False <br /> Statement in Advertisement Act, Minn. Stat. § 325F.67, Plaintiffs are entitled to <br /> damages, together with costs and disbursements, including costs of investigation and <br /> reasonable attorney's fees. To the extent these damages can be measured, they include at <br /> least (i) the difference between the value of the Property unencumbered by the <br /> Conservation Easement and the value as encumbered, and (ii) the cost of repairs <br /> necessary to correct the defects to the Property. Recovery of reasonable damages in an <br /> amount greater than $50,000 is sought. <br /> 203. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 8.31 and the Minnesota False <br /> Statement in Advertisement Act, Minn. Stat. § 325F.67, this Court may issue an <br /> injunction prohibiting WPLLC, Stephenson, Gherardi, Coldwell, and Berg from further <br /> fraudulent advertising in connection with the sale of the Property and Adjacent Land and <br /> prohibiting such Defendants from engaging in similar, future acts as applied to any other <br /> real property. <br /> 204. Besides providing a remedy to Plaintiffs themselves, Plaintiffs' claim <br /> benefits the public as a whole in that WPLLC, Stephenson, Gherardi, Coldwell, and Berg <br /> deceptively held out the Property to the public. The claim helps protect the public from <br /> WPLLC, Stephenson, Gherardi, Coldwell, and Berg engaging in similar fraudulent and <br /> deceptive acts in the course of future real property transactions. <br /> 31 <br />