Most companies don’t rely on the courts to
act as a collection agency.Mechanical Systems of Dayton, Ohio has no
problem relying on the courts to try to wrestle money out of its customers,
even though they don’t always complete the work they were hired to perform.
Three lawsuits filed by Mechanical Systems of Dayton, Ohio in the 1990’s
also involved the federal government.
These lawsuits were filed even though in two cases Mechanical Systems of
Dayton, Ohio never completed the jobs.
In 1990, Mechanical Systems of Dayton sued the Highland Corporation of
Cincinnati, Ohio, Safeco Insurance Company of Seattle, Wash., and the
administrator of the federal Small Business Administration.
Mechanical Systems of Dayton was hired to remove asbestos and old piping
and to install a back-flow preventer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in
Ohio.
Although the company acknowledged in its legal filing that almost 10
percent of the work went uncompleted, it still sought payment from the
plaintiffs. The judge dismissed the lawsuit.
A second lawsuit arising from work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in
1990, this one claiming that Mechanical Systems had not been paid by
Nationwide Roofing and Sheet Metal Inc., was filed by Mechanical Systems of
Dayton, although it admitted in its legal documents that it had performed
only 75 percent of the job it had been hired to perform. That lawsuit was
dismissed as well.
In 1994, Mechanical Systems of Dayton sued Dawkins General Contractors &
Supply Company of Ohio over a restroom restoration project at Wright
Patterson Air Force Base, alleging it had been underpaid about $5,000. As in
the other cases, the lawsuit was dismissed.
