litigation

On April 26, 1999, Robert Dice sued Buckeye and others over a workers compensation claim. Dice was a Buckeye employee. According to the court complaint, Dice was moving a toolbox with four other employees when his back went out. The workers compensation hearings officer ruled that Dice was temporarily and totally disabled as a result of his industrial injury. Although these types of suits may not seem important to prospective customers of Buckeye, an injured worker could also seek compensation against the construction customer at whose facility that he was injured. In that event, an injured worker’s suit against a contractor becomes very important indeed to a construction customer.

Buckeye’s Confidential Customer Information goes astray

Buckeye sued their competitor and two of their own former employees for "Breach of Loyalty/Interference with business" case. According to court suit, Buckeye claimed that Anderson and Green pilfered Buckeye’s "trade secrets," namely customer information, and that Active Electric used Buckeye’s "trade secrets. " Buckeye sought $300,000 in total damages.

Buckeye V Clutter

According to court documents, Buckeye sought a $1,651 judgment against Steven Clutter in Huber Heights, Ohio.

Montgomery County Treasurer V Buckeye, Others

Montogomery County sued Buckeye and others in at least two court cases for $5,628 in delinquent real estate taxes, according to court documents.

Buckeye electric Sued over a Lien

According to court documents, Thomas Santiago sought a $40,000 judgment in three similar cases over a failure to perform specific actions against a property owner. Santiago also charged that Buckeye Electric had a lien against a property that he was supposed to buy. In turn, Buckeye Electric sued the property owner and sought a $976 judgment in that case.

Montgomery County V Buckeye, others

According to court documents, Montgomery County sued Buckeye and others over unpaid real estate taxes.

Buckeye Elecric V JPI, Inc

JPI was the owner of Energy Vent’s property, where Buckeye Electirc did $9,290 worth of work. According to court complaint, Buckeye Electric claimed they were not paid, so Buckeye suied JPI, the property owner. Buckeye Electric also filed a lien against Energy Vent in this case.

Vandalia Blacktop V Buckeye, Dayton Fox Hunt, Real mark Properties

This suit involves construction work at the Fox Hunt Apartments in Dayton, Ohio. Vandalia Blacktop claimed it had not been paid for its work. Since Buckeye Electric had filed a lien against the owner of the property, Vandalia sued Buckeye as well. Fox Hunt Apartments also sued Buckeye.

Buckeye Electric V Valley Concrete, Others

In this court complaint, Buckeye Electric sought foreclosure of a certificate of judgment in this litigation.

Buckeye V Merit Metal Products, Catherine & Patrick Berry, Others

According to court documents, Buckeye claimed they were hired to wire a building. Something went wrong and the Berrys ordered Buckeye to vacate the premises. In turn, Buckeye sued the Berrys and others for $57,844.

According to court documents, Buckeye sued a fellow contractor and others. Buckeye’s goal was to force the City of Dayton to pay them $3,250. This was money that the city owed to Holt-Vogel, the same amount of money that Holt-Vogel owed Buckeye.

Buckeye tries to Pass the Buck in this Defective Construction Case, Loses a Court Judgment

In this court case, Buckeye sues and loses. Buckeye bought wiring from General Cable for installation at Wright Air Force Base. Buckeye installed it, but it was the wrong type of cable and there were problems. Wright AFB demanded that Buckeye tear the wiring back out at a cost of $10,788. Buckeye refused to accept the blame and tried to claim that any problems were not their fault stating that the cable was defective. General Cable successfully argued: "In the final analysis, the circumstances of this case arose because Buckeye ordered the wrong cable." General Cable was awarded a judgment against Buckeye for their costs. Buckeye later settled with General Cable.

Buckeye Sued its own Prospective Customer

The City of Dayton advertised for bids on work for the East Dayton housing project. Buckeye bid on the work and according to their court complaint, the certification and manpower utilization report was incomplete. Buckeye’s bid was rejected and Gebhart Electric got the work instead. So Buckeye reacted by suing its own prospective customer.