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Home My WebLink About12-7607e i POST & SCHELL, P.C. Paula J. McDermott, Esquire Attorney ID #46664 17 North Second Street, 12th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101-1601 Telephone: (717) 612-6012 Facsimile: (717) 731-1985 Email: pmcdermott(a,postschell.com AFS ENERGY SYSTEMS 420 Oak Street P.O. Box 170 Lemoyne, PA 17043 Plaintiff v. CFI ASSOCIATES, INC. 1693 Merchant Street P.O. Box 440 Ambridge, PA 15003 Defendant ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AFS ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA • hJ ___ CIVIL ACTION -LAW -.~ ~~ ~ c~ 'r~ `~ -,--- t- ` c,a - • ry ~~ .. NOTICE TO DEFEND You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this complaint and notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment maybe entered against you by the court without further notice for any money claimed in the complaint or for any other claim or relief requested by the plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP. LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE Cumberland County Bar Association 32 South Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 19603 Telephone: (717) 249-3166 / 1-800-990-9108 10216436 ~~03.7~~°~a~ c~ ~ lye p1 ~~ ~~~~~ AVISO Le han demandado a usted en la corte. Si usted quiere defen-derse de estas demandas expuestas en las paginas siguien-tes, usted tiene veinte dies de plazo al partir de la fecha de la demanda y la notifica-cion. Hace falta ascentar una comparencia escrita o en persona o con un abogado y entregar a la corte en forma escrita sus defenses o sus objeciones a las demandas en contra de su persona. Sea avisado que si usted no se defiende, la corte tomara medidas y puede continuer la demanda en contra suya sin previo aviso o notificacion. Ademas, la corte puede decidir a favor del deman-dente y requiere que usted cumpla con todas las provisio-nes de esta deman-da. Usted puede perder dinero o sus propieda-des u otros derechos importan-tes pare usted. LLEVE ESTA DEMANDA A UN ABOGADO IMMEDIATA-MENTE, SI NO TIENE ABOGADO O SI NO TIENE EL DINERO SUFICIENTE DE PAGAR TAL SERVICIO, VAYA EN PERSONA O LLAME POR TELEFONO A LA OFICINA CUYA DIRECCION SE ENCUENTRA ESCRITA ABAJO PARR AVERIGUAR DONDE SE PUEDE CONSEGUIR ASISTENCIA LEGAL. LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE Cumberland County Bar Association 32 South Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 19603 Telephone: (717) 249-3166 / 1-800-990-9108 2 { POST & SCHELL, P.C. Paula J. McDermott, Esquire Attorney ID #46664 17 North Second Street, 12th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101-1601 Telephone: (717) 612-6012 Facsimile: (717) 731-1985 Email: pmcdermott(a~postschell.com AFS ENERGY SYSTEMS 420 Oak Street P.O. Box 170 Lemoyne, PA 17043 v. ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF AFS ENERGY SYSTEMS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Plaintiff CFI ASSOCIATES, INC. 1693 Merchant Street P.O. Box 440 Ambridge, PA 15003 Defendant CNIL ACTION -LAW NO. COMPLAINT AND NOW COMES Plaintiff, AFS Energy Systems ("AFS") by and through its attorneys, Post & Schell, PC, and in support of this Complaint avers the following: 1. Plaintiff, AFS Energy Systems is a fictitious name owned by Advanced Fabrication Services, Inc., which has an address of 420 Oak Street, P.O. Box 170, Lemoyne, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17043. 2. Defendant, CFI Associates, Inc. ("CFI") is a Pennsylvania business corporation, with an address of 1693 Merchant Street, P.O. Box 440, Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania 15003. 3. On February 21, 2011, Defendant, CFI, entered into a contract with Plaintiff, whereby Plaintiff was to provide a Biomass Boiler Conversion for the Warren State Hospital GESA Project. 10216436 4. CFI was a subcontractor for Johnson Controls. 5. The contractual arrangement was that AFS was to bill CFI Associates for its services performed under the contract, and CFI was to pay AFS. 6. AFS properly invoiced CFI, and payment was made by CFI to AFS. 7. Johnson Controls paid CFI the funds for the final invoice for the project, and CFI kept the money and spent it for its own purposes. 8. Despite repeated demands by AFS, Defendant has refused to pay what it owes. 9. CFI acknowledges that the amount owed is Eighty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($80,123.44). COUNT I -BREACH OF CONTRACT 10. The averments of Paragraph 1-9 are incorporated hereby as if set forth fully and at length. 11. The parties had a contract whereby Defendant was to pay AFS for services rendered. 12. AFS performed the services, and CFI has failed to pay the final amount of Eighty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($80,123.44). 13. Defendant has breached the contract, and AFS has suffered damages in the amount of Eighty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($80,123.44). WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, AFS respectfully requests this Honorable Court to grant judgment in its favor and against Defendant, CFI Associates, Inc. in an amount of Eighty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($80,123.44), with interest, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and whatever other relief the Court may consider just and equitable. 2 COUNT II -CONVERSION/FRAUD 14. The averments of Paragraph 1-13 are incorporated hereby as if set forth fully and at length. 15. Defendant has fraudulently converted monies belonging to Plaintiff AFS for its own corporate purposes. 16. This fraud has been perpetrated willfully and intentionally; indeed, Defendant acknowledges it owes Eighty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($80,123.44) to AFS. 17. Defendant is retaining the funds without any lawful justification for its continued possession therefor. 18. Defendant's intentional and outrageous conduct entitles Plaintiff to punitive damages. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Honorable Court to enter judgment in an amount in excess of Eighty Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($80,123.44), with interest, costs, attorneys' fees, punitive damages, and whatever other relief the Court may consider just and equitable. Respectfully submitted, POST & SCHELL, P.C. Paula J. IC~IcDermott, Esquire Attorney I.D. # 46664 17 North 2"d Street, 12`h Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 Telephone: (717) 612-6012 Facsimile: (717) 731-1985 Email: mcdermott ostschell.com Date: ~~ ~ttp ,,~,. ? p ~ 'Z Attorneys for Plaintiff, AFS Energy Systems 3 VERIFICATION I, Doug Fisher, Chief Operations Officer, a duly authorized representative of AFS Energy Systems, do hereby swear and affirm that the facts and matters set forth in the foregoing document are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. The undersigned understands that the statements made therein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.§ 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities. AFS ENERGY SYSTEMS BY: g F' her, Chief erations Officer Dated: -~~~~ 2012