INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY V. TEXACO, IRWIN, OTHERS

SAR V. CHEVRON, IRWIN OTHERS - Sar was injured on the job. His medical expenses exceeded $145,000. He sued Irwin and Chevron.

B&G V. Irwin, others - B&G sued Irwin for failure to pay for over $19,000 in labor and materials. This type of suit may seem minor, but this kind of litigation can trigger the filing of a lien against the construction customers’ property. An outstanding lien against your property can interfere with efforts to obtain financing, and could degrade your credit rating. In this list of recent court cases involving Irwin, there are at least two instances where liens were filed against Irwin’s customers; The Frize case and the Signal Hill litigation. Additional details are provided below.

FRIZE V. IRWIN, OTHERS - Frize filed a $282,658 lien against Texaco, Irwin’s customer, because of a dispute with Irwin. The matter ended up in court, and at one point Irwin had to pay $1000 court costs to Frize.

SIGNAL HILL Construction V. IRWIN, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON - Irwin hired Signal Hill as a subcontractor for a Southern Cal Edision job, but failed to pay over $64,000 on their $188,000 contract. Because of Irwin’s failure to pay, Signal Hill sued not only, Irwin, but the customer, SoCal Edition, and also liened Edison’s property.

IRWIN V. GRIFFEN CYCLES - Irwin sued their own customer in this case, which was later dismissed because of Irwin’s failure to make a required court filing.

HILLIARD V. IRWIN - Irwin refused to hire Hilliard because of a medical condition, so Hilliard sued Irwin under the Americans with Disabilities Act. His suit charged that Irwin acted maliciously, fraudulently and oppressively, with improper and evil motives.

PERRY McBRIDE V. IRWIN, SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC - Mcbride was working for Irwin as a welder at the Carlsbad Generating Station. A jack came loose, dropping the lid of an oil storage tank on McBride’s head. He suffered extensive damages to his head, neck and back. His suit charges that Irwin and SDG&E were negligent and careless.

Kenneth simon-thompson vs. irwin industries, inc., Powerine oil refinery - Defendants claim Simon-Thompson negligently opened a steam valve causing a jet of steam that struck his left foot causing injuries and damages. The plaintiff also filed Notice of Worker's Compensation lien against third party judgement pursuant to Labor Code Section 3856(b) according to court documents.

James Warlock, bonnie warlock vs. chevron oil, petroleum maintenance, timec corp., diversified maintenance, western industrial, stockman industrial, powerine oil comp., irwin industries - The lawsuit alleges, as a direct and proximate result of said negligence and defendants knowledge of and creation of a dangerous and defective products and conditions of work environments, he became sick and has been diagnosed with lymphoma.

irwin industries, inc. vs. mubaralia marine services co. ltd. - This complaint alleges Mubaralia agreed to act as the agent for Irwin in pursuing the sales of oil refinery maintenance and construction services in Kuwait. Irwin contends without the expressed written authorization, Mubaralia forwarded to the Kuwait government the agency agreement in order to prequalify Irwin as a potential bidder on Kuwait government projects.

park corp., irwin industries inc. vs. midonough caperton insurance group, the home insurance company of illinois - The complaint states Robert Wagoner was injured while working at the facility of Mobile Oil Corp. in Torrance, California. The action by the said injured employee against Mobile Oil Corp. is on the basis of third party negligence and the cross-action against plaintiff, Irwin Industries by Mobil Oil Corp. is one for negligence.