--- title: "Two RV Buyers Won More Than $2 Million Against Lazydays. They May Never Get Paid." url: "https://camperfaqs.com/two-rv-buyers-won-more-than-2-million-against-lazydays" author: "Tory Jon" published: "2026-10-13T11:00:59-05:00" modified: "2026-10-13T11:05:33-05:00" --- # Two RV Buyers Won More Than $2 Million Against Lazydays. They May Never Get Paid. Two Colorado families sued Lazydays over the RVs they bought, and both won. Together, their judgments top $2 million. They’re still trying to collect. The former dealership company sold substantially all of its assets, paid lenders, and dissolved in late 2025. The families are left with a hard question: who, if anyone, pays? ## Two RVs, two nightmares Michael Williams and his wife bought a new 2023 Thor Tuscany motorhome from Lazydays in Johnstown, Colorado, in October 2022. They paid about $450,000. They planned to follow their daughter’s family, including their grandson, around the country in retirement. According to their lawsuit, things started breaking the first night. The reported problems included failures of the generator, charging system, and Aqua-Hot heating system. The heating failure left them cold during freezing Colorado weather. “We froze that night,” Williams told Denver7. The couple said the coach spent nearly its entire first year in repair shops. Their lawsuit alleges it eventually accumulated between 220 and 330 defects. It also alleges that an outside expert found signs the motorhome had suffered a serious incident before the sale, including marks consistent with towing chains and structural twisting. The family says none of that damage was disclosed. Alan and Jacki Lebo were full-timers whose RV was destroyed by a hit-and-run driver. They went to the same Johnstown dealership for a replacement and bought a used 2020 Vanleigh Beacon fifth wheel, plus more than $11,000 in warranties. Within weeks, they reported serious slide-out problems. Their lawsuit alleges the previous owner had already returned the rig to Lazydays for structural and slide-out problems, and the dealership resold it without telling them. The Lebos said their RV became unlivable, and they ended up staying with relatives in New Mexico, then Virginia. ## Lazydays didn’t respond to the lawsuits According to [Denver7’s investigation](https://www.denver7.com/news/investigations/families-won-big-against-lazydays-but-may-never-get-paid), Lazydays didn’t respond to either lawsuit, so both families won by default. The Williams family received a federal judgment of more than $1.6 million. The Lebos received a state judgment of more than $566,000. The awards included financial losses, loss of use, emotional distress, and legal costs. Denver7 reports that court records show a sale addendum specifically excluded the Williams and Lebo claims from liabilities transferred to the buyer. In court filings, Campers Inn argues it bought assets, not responsibility for these claims, and that it never sold the RVs or made representations about them. The dispute remains unresolved. Campers Inn did not respond to Denver7’s request for comment. Former Lazydays CEO Ron Fleming also did not respond, and former board chairman Bob DeVincenzi declined to comment. ## The Johnstown dealership kept operating In October 2025, Lazydays agreed to sell substantially all of its assets to companies affiliated with Campers Inn Holding Corporation. Johnstown was among the locations the buyer kept running. In its [December acquisition announcement](https://blog.campersinn.com/blog/campers-inn-acquires-lazydays), Campers Inn confirmed that it had completed the purchase and was operating the Colorado dealership. The lot where both families bought their RVs continued operating under new ownership, while the former parent company went into liquidation. The [purchase agreement](https://contracts.justia.com/companies/lazydays-holdings-inc-6049/contract/1343617/) lists what the buyer agreed to take on: specific leases and contracts, work already in progress, services owed on customer deposits, and certain paid time off for employees who moved over. Other seller liabilities were excluded. That leaves the families pursuing payment for earlier purchases while the dealership operates under its new owner. ## Where did all the money go? The disclosed closing amounts total about $231.6 million. That sounds like more than enough to cover two judgments, until you look at where the proceeds went. Lazydays sold its assets in a series of closings, one batch at a time. Its [November 25 SEC filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1721741/000149315225025016/form8-k.htm) lists five closings totaling approximately $143.5 million. Each says the sellers retained no cash. The batch that included Johnstown brought in about $39.7 million. Roughly $38.8 million went toward secured debt and related obligations, and $0.9 million covered transaction expenses, costs, and taxes. The [final SEC filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1721741/000149315225025447/form8-k.htm) reports another $88.1 million at the November 26 closing. About $86 million went toward senior secured debt and related obligations, while $2.1 million paid expenses, costs, and taxes. Again, the sellers retained no cash. Two days later, Lazydays transferred its remaining assignable assets to Lazy Liquidation, LLC, to administer for creditors according to legal and contractual payment priorities. Lazydays Holdings’ dissolution took effect that evening. The filing said the company expected its remaining obligations to exceed the value of the assets left. ## The warning was already in writing Lazydays had warned of a shortfall when the proposed deal was announced. Its [September 2025 SEC disclosure](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1721741/000149315225013677/form8-k.htm) said the estimated purchase price was below the company’s total secured and unsecured liabilities. After payments to senior lenders, it might not have enough cash to repay all unsecured creditors in full. A large sale price could therefore leave little available for other claims. The families’ judgments establish amounts owed, but collecting those amounts remains a separate fight. ## What RV buyers can take from this A court judgment says someone owes you money, but getting paid can take more work, especially when the seller has stopped operating and its assets have been sold. The families and attorneys interviewed by Denver7 offered several steps for buyers: - Pay for an independent inspection before buying a new or used RV. - Get any known damage, prior repairs, or accident history in writing. - Read extended warranty terms carefully, including exclusions for pre-existing problems. - Keep inspection reports, repair orders, emails, and sales documents. - Document major problems as soon as they appear. Those steps can help buyers spot problems and keep a record if a dispute follows. For these two families, the court victories have still left the question of payment unanswered.