litigation

Labor Ready, Inc. V All Temperatures Controlled, Inc., Others

This lawsuit with its important implications for the construction industry was filed on September 11, 2000. Labor Ready, one of the country’s largest suppliers of temporary construction labor, is suing All Temperatures Controlled, one of Southern California’s largest sheet metal contractors.

Labor Ready charges in this suit that they had a contract to supply laborers to All Temperatures over the past four years, yet All Temperatures has failed to pay Labor Ready for those services. Now Labor Ready charges that All Temperatures owes them over $64,076, plus 18% interest.

Although Labor Ready has asked All Temperatures for the money, All Temperatures has not paid. However, All Temperatures claims that Labor Ready failed to properly notify and bill All Temperatures for the correct prevailing wage rate for the laborers that All Temperatures used. This meant that All Temperatures was denied the opportunity to determine whether or not to use those employees.

Part of All Temperatures problem in keeping a skilled, highly trained labor force on hand is that they are charged with discriminating against union-affiliated workers. All Temperatures is entitled to operate non-union. If the company is illegally discriminating against union members, they are not only breaking federal law, but they are also denying themselves and their clients access to a significant pool of well trained workers who have graduated a stringent apprenticeship program. (Case #BC 236-576)

All Temperatures Controlled, Inc. V Statewide Construction Management, Inc., Others

In this June 2000 court suit, All Temperatures Controlled sued their general contractor, Statewide Construction and the construction customer (Los Angles School District). All Temperatures Controlled (ATC) sued over a whopping $907 in work they had performed at the Fulbright Elementary School that was completed in 1999. Other ATC claims involved more substantial sums. ATC claimed that Statewide and the school district were liable for $33,907 worth of ATC work performed at the Hamlin Street School. ATC also filed stop notices with the school district over their payment dispute with Statewide. (Case #BC 231-447)

Perez V All Temperatures Controlled, Inc.

Mr. Perez’s August 1997 suit charged that his injuries were caused by All Temperatures Controlled’s negligence. His suit states that All Temperatures Controlled ran over his hand while transporting an air conditioner unit on a wheeled dolly. (Case #PC 020-023)

All Temperatures Controlled V M & P Enterprises

M & P hired All Temperatures to install the heating and air conditioning system at a Northridge, California job site. All Temperatures agreed to do the job for $205,000. Even though M & P Enterprises ultimately paid All Temperatures more than $233,000, All Temperatures contended that change orders had actually bumped the contract value to over $259,000. When M & P failed to pay the extra $54,917, All Temperatures sued for the remaining $26,415 in September of 1995. Not only did All Temperatures sue for the extra money, they also filed a lien against the hapless construction customer who owned the property, Unihealth. (Case #PC 015-828)

Schurgin V All Temperatures Controlled, Inc.

All Temperatures Controlled (ATC) and the president of the company, George Mego were required to pay Mr. Schurgin $13,000 to settle this court case. ATC was originally brought in as a subcontractor to work on Schurgin’s shopping center construction project. ATC ended up installing six air conditioning units in the mall, but ATC then filed a lien for $16,175 dated May 5, 1988 against the property. Two months later, ATC came onto the site and ripped the air conditioning units out and removed them.

Schurgin charged that ATC breached their contact by removing the units, without any authorization or justification. Evidently ATC was wrong and Schurgin was right, because ATC and its owner George Mego paid a settlement almost as large as the damages that Schurgin alleged. (Case #NVC 016-873)

Jones V All Temperatures Controlled

This suit charges that All Temperatures’ negligence was responsible for the property damage and bodily injuries of Dory Jones. (Case #NCC 363-53B)

All Temperatures Controlled officer’s hidden Litigation history Rubatex Corporation V George Mego, Others

George Mego is the president of All Temperatures Controlled, Inc. The company’s Dun & Bradstreet states the company was started in 1978. What the D & B fails to mention is that Mego himself and another contractor used by All Temperature Controlled called National Refrigeration were sued several years ago over allegations of a $30,000 unpaid account. (Case #NVC 063-052)