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Litigation This list includes litigation involving Aaron Mechanical and Quality Air, which is just one of Aaron/Comfort’s fourteen sister companies in Michigan.CHERYL FIELDS V. QUALITY AIR, OTHERS Fields suffered severe back injuries when she was struck by a Quality Air-owned van.QUALITY AIR V. OIL CAPITAL RACE VENTURES Quality Air loaned Oil Capital over $14,000. Oil Capital missed their first payment, but Quality loaned them another $19,000 anyway. Oil Capital missed that first payment as well. Within three months, Quality Air sued Oil Capital. QUALITY AIR V. WEATHERFORD-WALKER Quality sued their customer Weatherford-Walker for $10,682 when payment was eight months overdue. QUALITY AIR V. BURTON CENTRE Quality Air filed a lien for $11,586 against the Burton Centre in Grand Rapids. QUALITY AIR FILES ANOTHER LIEN Quality Air filed a lien for $62,015 against property at 245 Cherry Street in Grand Rapids. QUALITY AIR V. A.R. DANES Quality Air filed a lien for $2,120 against A.R. Danes at Woodland Mall, Grand Rapids. QUALITY AIR V. MCCULLY EGG COMPANY Quality Air filed a lien for $2,162 against McCully Egg Company of Wyoming, Michigan. QUALITY AIR V. HUGHES MANAGEMENT Quality Air filed a lien for $42,156 against Hughes Management of Grand Rapids. QUALITY AIR V. DYKSTRA GROUP Quality Air filed a lien for $25,760 against Dykstra Group of Kentwood. QUALITY AIR V. OTP Quality Air filed a lien for $70,670 against OTP of Grandville, Michigan for a HVAC system.
Safety Problems AARON’S SAFETY PROBLEMS When a contractor’s employee is injured on your property, it could be your problem. An injured worker with a lawyer may not be able to sue the contractor who employed him because of the worker comp laws, but he can sue you. The causes for action include failing to properly supervise your contractor and failing to provide a safe workplace. Your best defense is to hire a safe contractor. That is why a contractor’s job safety compliance record is so important. In April, 1998, Michigan OSHA cited Aaron on a Canton, Michigan job site for a serious violation of protective equipment rules, and a serious violation of aerial platform regulations, for a total of $450 in proposed fines. Aaron was also inspected in November 1998 on a Post Office job in Trenton, Michigan. OSHA found violations of two electrical rules, and an aerial platform rule. SAFETY PROBLEMS AT QUALITY AIR In March, 1998 Michigan OSHA issued a violation notice against Quality Air for a serious violation of fall protection rules at a retail store job site in Moline, Michigan, and proposed a fine of $500. In March, 1997, Michigan OSHA cited Quality Air at a Grand Valley University job for violating fall protection rules, ladder rules, accident prevention, and hazardous chemical data sheet rules, and proposed a $150 fine. Contractor Information The following information is being presented in an effort to continue the Critic's commitment to presenting the most scrupulously correct information concerning the contractors reported on in its issues:
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