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Litigation |
| The following court cases are only a sample
of Allied Mechanical Services, Inc. and related companies litigation
history. More court cases will be published in further issues of The
Contractors Critic.
 POLMANTEER
V. AMS, ALLIED MECHANICAL, OTHERS
Polmanteer was a General Motors employee during the time AMS was working
at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant in Kalamazoo. Polmanteer was
carrying wire on top of an air duct when it collapsed. Polmanteer fell and
was severely and permanently injured. The lawsuit charged that AMS and its
successor company, Allied, had failed to secure the duct, failed to inspect
the workmanship of employees, and was grossly negligent in securing the
duct. According to court documents, AMS ultimately settled the case for over
$200,000.
HUIZINGA,
OTHERS V. USA
Andrew Huizinga, Ralph Scotese, and Larry Vanderbeek, and their
associates, were and are some of the principal operators of AMS in its
current and former corporate forms as Allied Mechanical, Associated
Mechanical, and related entities in the mechanical contracting industry,
such as Huizinga-Holwerda and United Piping. These three men and United
States sued and counter-sued each other over a federal tax levy.
According to court filings, the United States won a $102,335 judgement
against Huizinga and VanderBeek, and $728,843 against Scotese. The
judgements were affirmed on appeal.
ALLIED
OWES ALMOST $200,000 IN BACK PAY for
discrimination
In this lawsuit it is alleged that the "new" Allied Mechanical shares
with the "old" Associated Mechanical a reluctance to observe employees’
rights. The Federal Court ordered Allied in April 1999 to pay $192,587.65
for discrimination, according to the court complaint.
Allied’s violation should concern their customers. Aggrieved workers and
their attorneys could seek damages against Allied’s customers if the
discrimination took place on the customer’s job site and the customer was
perceived as acquiescing in the discrimination.
ALLIED
MECHANICAL V. AMERISURE
Amerisure was an insurance provider to Allied. Their insurance rates
depended on the classifications of Allied’s employees. When Amerisure
questioned Allied’s representations, they asked to do an audit. When Allied
refused, Amerisure did an estimated audit and charged that Allied Mechanical
owed them money. Instead of paying what they owed, Allied sued them.
Amerisure responded with a counter suit. According to court documents, a
mediation panel awarded Amerisure $40,000. Only then did Allied allow an
audit, which revealed that they still owed Amerisure money. |
   
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