Wisconsin men, Goodland man banned from roofing in Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Two Wisconsin males and a person from Goodland have been banned from performing roofing companies in Kansas after violating state legal guidelines.

Kansas Lawyer Common Derek Schmidt introduced on Thursday, Oct. 27, that Benjamin Thayer, of Cambridge, Wis., and Ryan Metzker, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., together with their firm, Copperhead Contracting LLC of Milton, have all been banned from doing enterprise within the State of Kansas. They’ve additionally been ordered to pay $230,000 as a part of the judgment for violations of state roofing and shopper safety legal guidelines.

AG Schmidt indicated that Shawnee Co. District Courtroom Decide Mary E. Christopher authorised a default judgment and ordered the defendants to pay $230,000 in penalties in addition to banned the pair and the corporate from doing enterprise – together with working as roofing contractors – within the Sunflower state.

Schmidt stated he filed a petition on July 7 which alleged that the defendants went door-to-door to solicit gross sales and entered into contracts with seven Kansans and one enterprise for roofing companies after a hail storm in Might 2018.

Schmidt famous that the pair had been ordered to pay $70,000 in civil penalties for failure to register with the state as required by the Kansas Roofing Registration Act. They had been additionally ordered to pay $160,000 for failure to supply customers’ proper to cancel transaction notices and failure to supply discover of cancellation varieties that suggested customers of their 3-day proper to cancel – each violations of the Kansas Client Safety Act.

In a separate case, Schmidt stated Travis Hollingshead and his firm Holly Enterprises, of Goodland, have additionally been banned from performing roofing companies in Kansas and ordered to pay $10,000 after he was discovered to be in violation of the Roofing Registration Act.

The AG stated Sherman Co. District Courtroom Decide Scott Showalter authorised a consent judgment reached by Hollingshead and his workplace.

Schmidt indicated that he filed the petition that alleged Hollingshead had solicited and carried out 36 roofing contracts in Kansas with out holding a legitimate Kansas roofing registration certificates.

To view a replica of each judgments, click on HERE.

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