MARSHALL — The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office plans to appeal a judge’s rulings regarding a lawsuit against the owners of the Broadmoor Valley mobile home park in Marshall, a spokesperson said Friday.

In September, Lyon County District Court Judge Tricia Zimmer denied a motion for a new civil trial in the lawsuit, Lyon County court records said. Zimmer also denied a motion asking for a ruling that Broadmoor Valley residents were charged unlawfully high fees, and that roads at the park didn’t permit normal travel by residents.

In her September ruling, Zimmer also addressed motions brought by attorneys for Broadmoor Valley owners Schierholz & Associates. Court records said the judge denied a motion to overturn part of the civil trial verdict that found Schierholz & Associates had failed to keep the park in clean, orderly and sanitary conditions.

However, Zimmer also ruled that Paul Schierholz and Schierholz & Associates were entitled to attorney’s fees and costs. The ruling said Paul Schierholz was entitled to $235,510 for attorney’s fees and expenses from April 2024 through February 2025. Schierholz & Associates was entitled to $745,763 in attorney’s fees and costs.

“The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office is planning to appeal the recent rulings in this litigation,” said Brian Evans, press secretary for the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.

The Attorney General’s Office had sued the Broadmoor Valley owners in 2021. The lawsuit alleged that Schierholz & Associates had failed to maintain the park and its streets to state standards; that residents were charged illegally high fees for late rent payments; and that Schierholz had retaliated against residents.

The jury at a civil trial this year found that Schierholz & Associates had failed to keep the park in clean, orderly and sanitary conditions at some point since August 2019, but company president Paul Schierholz did not knowingly participate in that failure. The jury’s verdict came down in Schierholz’s favor in four other claims in the lawsuit.

Other lawsuits still going

Two other lawsuits against the Broadmoor Valley owners are still ongoing. In February, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency sued Schierholz & Associates, alleging that by announcing plans to close Broadmoor Valley, Schierholz & Associates broke the conditions of a grant agreement that awarded them $500,000. The lawsuit also alleged that the Broadmoor owners raised rents at the park by more than 5% without prior approval from Minnesota Housing.

In September, Ramsey County District Court Judge Mark Ireland granted a temporary injunction, keeping Broadmoor Valley from closing while the court case was going on.

A trial date in the case has been set for December 2026 in Ramsey County Civil Court.

The city of Marshall also sued the Broadmoor Valley owners this year, alleging that they violated city ordinances by installing a locked gate at one of Broadmoor Valley’s only two entrances. Marshall ordinances require mobile home parks to have at least two entrances.

Trial dates for the city’s lawsuit have been set for September 2026, Lyon County court records said.