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HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-05146 III " I' '; 'I '\, " " " <:1 't. ii' " " l! "'I. ,', \, " " H \l \\ 1\1. il " " ," " " H " ;I' "" " " " " " ;J ., " " " " ;,1 , I " I' H ", " " " (, ,..,' " '" 1\ " " \1 ,~ I H Ii .' (' 'I, " .'" .\ ," " " (I I ~l 'I ,If " " I'" .' ." j. " " 'I, "~, -... 0, H .. ,'::S ... ~ , I " " I: I' ";,;' ~ :::r- ~I 1 ~I <S) ~\ "i. " " " 'I' ,j' I ..I' " ) 'I' .. . ""..... ,.. !3Il1UP, :t:NO t , :t:N '~'lll!l OPPIW' 01" oOMMPN 1'f"Illl\13 Ol~ OUMIlIQIUJ~NP OPUN'l'Y I 11I1lNNI3'HNI\N:t:l\ 90 . -~'/i~ CI",i '71~I'L pl'4\,tntiU, , I , , . , I I I I O:r.VH, l\o'NON - LI\\'I ~Uln' 'l'IUTIJ" P\ilMl\NPIilP V!3, l\OOP\H'l'NNI) lNO, , 13PLU'l':rON13 PW13, pefenclant llQMJ.1-.Ltl\:tN.'J) BUlllo, lNO! I p~A~nt:,l,ff, p~ Al)tl thr~ugh I\nclraw c, 13het3~i;. liI!311u;\.re, harl3P~ C;\.la!3 thil3 compla~nt and in ",upport thereof reepeotfully " !3tatel3 ae folloWt3l 1, Pl,aint;l,ff ie B,U,l!I,O" I 1)0 , , a Penn!3~lvan;\.a ctomellt:io oorrorRt:iqn Qeing. pue:l.naef.l at li07 N, Yorl~ 13treet, Meohanio!3P~\J:g, OL\mberlan~ Count~, l'enn!3~lVl\l1ia, ~, Pefenttant :l.1l 1\oOO\\I1t;\'ng 13o~lltione Plue, Iilo" a llenrllylvania c\omeElt:io oorpprat;l,ondoing pue.inelle at pOD Oamp liBl B~ l'al3a, Stllte 105 I (1amp Hill, cumberland County, l'aoneylvf\n.ia, 3, On or about 13eptember 4, 199.7, Pla.intHf entered ipto 'a Wj:ittEih Agreement (here.inafter referred to al3'''l'lngagement: letter") ,_ ,. " I w.ith Defendant wherein pefendant J\aoo~mt1ng Solut1ona Plua, Ino, agreed to .il"p~ement a W;l.ndowl3 balled adoount1ng eyatem for Pl!:lint1ff, A oopy of the September 24, 1997 wr.itten agreement b attaoheQ hereto as Dlxhib.it "A", 4, '1'he engagement letter at'taohed l)ereto ~Il Dlxhibi t "A" Wl\e prl3pareq by Defendant, . 5, Defendtlntl a engagement. ~etter expre!3i:\ly lidvieed 1'1lHnt1ff that the Winclowa baaett aooount1ng eyet:em would provJ,de plaintiff wHh '" t, ..1 i \ " ,."t " ".(.,., ,1'0 An "~fe1pignt, ,1I1tegrA~g~ jo~ oo~t RPoo\1n\:1ng ~y~tem;" fi I pgf.an~Rn\:' ~ angMlemant lel:tal:'~lIpre~l3l,y IIqvj,~",c\ plR.1.nUfj! the f.aa~ l:hAI: paJ:encIAn\: wal1lel olH\l:gl3 fal: j,nl'll:All,Rt:l,on of opmt:mter ~ofi:Wl\ret Hoen~a~ ~mcl progl:Am~ j,n An el3l:1111l\tecl amount of 'l,'wanty.. might 'l'hp\I~Ancl ~'P\1:r. nmlClr.acl Ancl Pavanl:y polJ,Ar~( $~ 8, q 7 0 I 00 ) , 7, Dllfgncll\l1t'l'l engAge,menl: l,etl:al: expral3l'llY AclVil'll'lcl Plld.ntHf thAt oe.f.ancltll1twP\\lcl j,nO\\r Appr.Oll:l,lnAtel,y 1~0 to l713 hQur~ At ej,ghty fl.ve,clpUArl'l per. ho~w ($ll!) , OO/lu:) for. clatA oonvar~,ion, I3Yl'ltem qel'lJ,gn, . ;\.n~tAl,la\:ion ancl traj,ning t\ncl r~por.t forI11AI:ting, 8, Pl'lfendantl~ angAgement lettar. eXPre~~ly aclvi~ecl plAintiff " thl"\t DefellQtmt ooulcl p.r.ovicle the ~erviael'l l.l.!3tecl ~\Pc:ive for an al1\o\1nl: "' of a~lprox1matelY' 'l'h,irty~Fql1i: 'l'houl'lancl t Ni,ne Uundr.eq Forty..Five Pollarl3 (pll, 945, 00) to 'l'hirty~Nine 'l'ho\.\I'l/lncl, Nine U\1ndrecl, Forty~ Five Ool.l.Atl3 ($39,9413,00), 9, pdor to oommenoement of Oefenclant'l'I WorK aI3 l'Iel: fort.h in mXhipit "A", plAintiff aclvanbed,Oefcihdant an Amount of Thirty~ 'l'hou~and One~uun~red ancl peventy-1111ght Dollarl3, ('30,l.78,00), l.O, After Defendant in~t!'\J,lecl the windowl3 bal3ed Aocounting I3Yl3tem for plAintiff, the oomputer l3yatem 130ftwarel', proglj'aml3, HCEln~ElI3 MI lnl3l:allecl. ,and reoomml3nded by Defendant fnlled to meet the cd teda outlined in Oefendant' 13 engagement le\\ter. n, Oefenclant f.allecl to oomply'wlth the written inatal.lati6n '" terma, training terma, and the wr.itten tl'lrma of the engagement letter govern'lng . the 1300pe of ael:vioaa repreaented by ,Defendant allel U1)on '.., 2 " I' \. ,. '.' \0 "' ,. 19, P11I~l1tir,f ~)lIic\ Pafanc\lInt ,fin fjmp~ll)t of '1.'h,j,rl:y 'l'hO~Hllln~, one li\.\mlr(olr.\ f3l3Venty...lJ1ighl: qollfjr!'l ($~O ,170,00)' in /lPf,lol:~IAnpa Wit,h t:ha WFHten term13 of tha f3aptam!Jer ~4, 1997 @n~Agament :\.atj;er, ~O. 111fj~.nj::iff ClompUe~1 wi~h All te+l11ll oj! the f1apt13mhar ~4, :\.997 13n9Agement :\.etter, ~l, ftP A ra!'lU1t of pefenr.\Ant'll fAil\.\re torrovide for A reA130nllb1a And Iluf.fipient amOUnt of trAining <HI :r.apreaented ,in I:he f3eptemhe:r. ~4, 1997 engAQement 1el:ter, Pl,Aintj,ff WAil fo):ped to 1no\.\r Adq;\.t1pllA1 effort, !'l~Hlfl /lnd Ume 130 All tP attemPt 1:0 l:eAPh i1:!'l , " eml?1oyeell how to orarMe the 1l0ftWAre, lioanllell Ancl prqg:r.Amll il113tIl1:\.eq by pefendllnt, ~~,' In acl(UUon to the ,amount of Thit'ty 'l'hotlllllnq, One lIuncl:r.ecl f3eventy...El1ght clollar!'l ($~O,J 70,00), P1ai.nt.i.ff' aUlltAi.necl damAgep 1n" the AmoUl1t ,of 1ll1evel1 Thoul3Ancl'Po11Arl3 ($11,000,00) al3lloo.i.'Ated \'11th" , 101111 pf warle t.i.me for, P1aintHf 's employees Who were rec.lui.racl 1:0 teAoh themllelvell how to orerAte anr.l effi.pi.enUy upethe 1l0fl:Wl\l'e, , 1ioeneel3 IIncl progrllms 1n13tal1ed 1:>y PefenclAnt. ' 1'IIIIllRIllF'ORIll, P1A1nt.i.ff, Il13li1C, :rno,," rel3peotflllly rec.lueatll thAt th113 HonorAble Court enter juclgenlent, against Defenclant !\000untin9' Solutionll P1UI3, 1no., 'in the amount' of $41,170,00, together with ,. . " intereat from December 31, f997, OOl3ts of the llu:Lt !\nd for Iluch other relief all may be jUllt and equ,i.tab1e, all 1n tin amount whioh exceedl3' oompu1130ry arbitration, 4 .' " , , , , ',,"' " It " t II '.. 'I " 'oIIi\o, , c au NTe_111 ,...1UlltI\Y__. DI\Mi\Omfl a3, PRra~raph~ 1 th~o~gh an~inpt~ding aa A~e he~e~y inoorporRta~ a~ il ~at lorth at length, ~4, '1'1113 par\l~,ee ,j,nit1RUy oraUy Agreed thaj: Depemper 31, 1997 Wo\.1l~ pe the target date and ~I'lAeOnl<\ple oono+\.1f3~,on dAte to, Allow for I;' j:he in~tAUAj:iQn of the oomputer Iiloftware" ~1+ogrAml'l And UOl'ln~ef3 a~' reprl3~Elnte~ IlY pef~nc\tml: 'I'l anlilAgem13llt :).etter, , all, I3UPl'leC]ul3nt: to peoemper 31, 1997, PlAintiff orAlly Agreec\ to extenc\ j:h8 oompl.et.ton c\Al;e to Fepr\-lary aO, 199B to aJ:lowPefElndAnt Additional time to oomplete the inl'ltAllation prooel3l3 prov,1.~ect the inf3ta:).lAtiol1 wae aompl~tedt a6 t . Defendantl3 f.ai1:ed to 1nal:AU the opmputer ~ofj:wAre, prolilraml'l ancl lioelll'le~ within a rea~onaple pedocl of tj,me t 27/ PlAintiff ha~. l3ul3~ained c\am4gea in An Amo\.\I1t in e~oe~13 of $41,370,00 a~ a rel3ultof OefenclAnt'a fui:).ure to 1n~tall the ,aYl3tem all referenoed 1n the engagement let tel' in a reaeonable tj.l1\e pedo~ t WnEl~I!IFORI!l, Plaintiff, B. D, El t a" :rno., I:eepeotfully reC]uelltl3 that thb Honorable'Court entSr juc\gement againl'lt Defendant l\ooounting Solutiona Plul3, :rnc;, in the amount of $41,178.00, together with' 1ntel'el3t from 080em\;l,el' 31, 1997, oOl3ta of the auit and for l3uoh other relief aa mAY pe juat and eC]uitaple, all in an amount whioh elloeectl3 oOl1\pulaory arbitraHon. 5 " " '11' I, "", ,""'~ I ~"""'" , I. " " ...'l ,I . '" " ,;' ,;' '/I ;, " " " I'"~ I; i\ ,I " " " I, " " jI " \d EXHIBIT uAtI ;'\. .' " , " ....."t. , " ; t..... 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