All Temperatures Controlled Sues a Customer

All Temperatures Controlled filed a suit in 1999 against the City of Angels Medical Center/Ingleside Hospital, in a dispute over payment for All Temperatures Controlled work at this facility. All Temperatures Controlled claimed they were still owed $365,108. All Temperatures claimed that they "barely performed" on this project and the City of Angels wrote them a bad check. All Temperatures did not provide supportive documentation for this assertion.

Preferred Concept V All Temperatures Controlled

Preferred Concept sued All Temperatures Controlled in 1998, charging that All Temperatures Controlled had paid only $6,000 on a debt of $36,466. All Temperatures said that they paid Preferred Concept after being sued. Preferred Concept supplied the work and materials to install an insulated wall and ceiling and freezer doors at Manhattan Bagel. Preferred Concept also filed a mechanic’s lien against Manhattan Bagel in San Fernando, California. In other words, Manhattan Bagel suffered a lien against its property, because All Temperatures Controlled did not pay its debts, according to the court complaint. All Temperatures Controlled was also charged with willful and deliberate violations of the California Business & Professional codes. In turn, as the following case demonstrates, All Temperatures Controlled filed its own lien and court suit.

All Temperatures Controlled V Company of the West, RCWQ Realty Fund

This 1998 case is another sad commentary on the All Temperatures Controlled construction job at Manhattan Bagel. In this complaint, All Temperatures Controlled tried to collect on its own mechanic’s lien for this job. Originally, Manhattan Bagel agreed to pay All Temperatures Controlled $315,113 for a variety of freezer work, cooler work and setting up other food preparation units. Then Manhattan Bagel refused to pay $183,128 of that sum. All Temperatures Controlled sued these entities because they may have a right of ownership in the Manhattan Bagel property. All Temperatures says that they still have a business relationship with Manhattan Bagel.

Manuela Mary Pettiford V All Temperatures Controlled, Others Kemp Brothers Construction V All Temperatures Controlled

These two 1998 cases involve allegations of more problems at the All Temperatures Controlled job at Northridge Hospital. Ms. Pettiford was injured when All Temperatures Controlled and other contractors left debris across the walkway in the hospital’s parking garage. All Temperatures Controlled eventually paid Ms. Pettiford a settlement. All Temperatures Controlled admits this woman was injured by debris on this job site and All Temperatures Controlled’s insurance company paid her a settlement.

Ellis V All Temperatures Controlled 
Was an All Temperatures Controlled Employee Driving while Drunk?

Richard and Helene Ellis sued All Temperatures Controlled over charges of negligence after an All Temperatures Controlled Chevy van ran into their 1989 Honda. Their suit filed in 1990 charged that Frederick Minick, an All Temperatures Controlled employee, "was so intoxicated from the excessive use of alcoholic beverages and his mental and physical facilities were so affected ... that he was unfit and incompetent to operate a motor vehicle."

The compliant charged that "All Temperatures knew or should have known of the intoxicated condition of its employee ... All Temperatures in conscious, willful, wanton and deliberate disregard of the rights and safety of others, supplied Minick with an automobile and permitted him to operate it on the public streets." All Temperatures Controlled admits their employee operated their vehicle in "an unauthorized matter" and does not deny their employee was driving drunk.