Coverall Looses Coverall to pay triple damages. Good article that came out on Bluemaumau.org
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Coverall to Pay Triple Damages

Posted Sat, 2012/03/17 - 21:53 by Janet Sparks


BOSTON – A federal judge ruled last Thursday that Coverall North America must pay triple damages to hundreds of workers classified as franchisees instead of employees, dating back from 2006. Previously, he had ruled that the court would triple damages from 2010. That changes the calculation of damages dramatically, adding the four year period.

In addition to the award on damages, the global janitorial cleaning franchisor will have to pay all the initial franchise fees and additional business fees, as well as recovering insurance deductions. The judge said those fees were unlawful and can be recovered as provided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, representing the class plaintiffs, said they were excited about the order. “We are very pleased that the workers who did not have arbitration agreements will be getting a judgment, and can finally see a conclusion to their case, ” she declared.

Liss-Riordan said the parties were given 30 days to submit what final calculations are based on from this order. She added, “We are now looking forward to the judge’s further rulings on the workers who had arbitration agreements. That will be the next step.”

The case, Awuah v Coverall North America Inc., has been closely watched by the franchise community since it began in 2007. The original complaint filed by eight purported franchisees alleges that they were misclassified as independent contractors instead of the reality of being employees. They accused Coverall of not providing the promised volume of cleaning contracts to them after they paid $6, 000 to $30, 000.

As employees, the plaintiffs assert that Coverall is also liable for minimum wage, overtime and wage law violations. In the lawsuit, the employees claim breach of contract, misrepresentation, deceptive and unfair business practices and unjust enrichment.

1st amendment, poor bastard...Your second best "hero" Richard Solomon, just informed you on Blue Mau Mau that your hero and her clients will get absolutely nothing by the time it is all said and done. You have been drinking the Kool-Aid thinking that you are going to be a millionaire and now all of a sudden, your world has begun to crumble. Really a sad moment for you isn't it.? I almost feel sorry for you, all your dreams, all your hopes, all your promises are fading away fast...

Maybe you can get Fortman to comfort you, take you for a ride in his old Mercedes that has over 250k miles on it, buy you an ice-tea and tell you how wonderful his life is as he is paying his back child support, finding himself another girlfriend in his office etc...

To lying source,

You still wont tell us who you are. I guees you are SCARED! By the way its really funny how you say "man up to get some " How ever you wont say who you are? You continue to hide like a Rat in a cave. You are the one who wont man up.

1st amendment, It doesn't matter who was nominated him for his postion, in MASS there are nothing but Liberals, Full of Liberal bias, Complete with Liberal leanings, look at Scott Brown, look at Mitt Romney, both CLAIM to be Republicans, both are nothing but Moderate Democrats! In regards to Bankruptcy, even Fortman knows better, Liss-riordin already knows what is going to happen and in all honesty, between the SEIU money already in her coffers, the publicity and additional STATUS she has gotten from fighting this "good fight" she has made millions for herself and her firm! In regards to me, who I am, what I do, who I work for is really none of your business...I've been right more times than wrong...I seem to know more about things than you do as an "insider" with liss-riordin and supposidly the "lead plantiff of a class action against Jan-Pro". As I've stated to Fortman (the loser that he is) anytime you decide to "man up" then "cum get sum"!

To Lying source,

We are hopeful that Judge Young will do the right thing. Just for your information Young was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on March 8, 1985. This shows that even a conservative appointed Judge knows a Ponzi Scheme when he sees one.

Even when a company files for bankrupcy it doesn't mean that they are off the hook. They don't just walk away.They will pay or be forced to. They will be arrested and put in prison if they don't comply. Assets will be seized. However the most important thing is that no more people will be ROBED of there life savings. They will pay eventually. We will also not stop there. We will also keep pursuing them until these people go to PRISON just like Madoff got 100 years in PRISON so should the people at corporate! They were running a PONZI SCHEME and people who run PONZI SCHEMES go to PRISON !

To Lying Source I don't know who you are and you wont tell us because you are afraid, you are Scared. However if I ever find out who you are and If I find out that you are someone at corporate trust me I will do everything that I can so that you are charged with FRAUD and put in PRISON !

As 1st amendment and Jonathan Fortman continue down the path of Moronic Sublime, let me be the first to tell them both what will happen with Monday's Ruling in MASS:

a) Judge will award approx. 6 million in damages to Plantiffs
b) DLA Piper will file appeal that is still open in previous judgement file
c) After Coverall loses that appeal, probably within 90 days, Coverall will file for bankruptcy protection in MASS, because the holding company that oversse's the state of Mass for Coverall, is seperate from actual Coverall Corp. Structure. At end of day, Plantiff's will get next to nothing, SEIU got nothing but alot of pain for no gain as their will be detailed questions about the mis-use of union dues, Liss-Riordin got SEIU's money and she got the "bump" as being a "bulldog" for pursuing this money loser of a case, 1st amendment will be able to thump his chest, but at end of day, he will get nothing, because he has no "standing" in the Coverall Case and Fortman after making himself out to be a complete MORON on numerous levels, will say his case against Stratus is different, forgetting that even his "non-sense" in regards to Masters being taken hostage by Stratus Corp. will have failed in Missouri court system on lack of merit.

To lying source,

Law suits are getting filled all over the country in many different states. There also getting filled in other countries like the Uk, Australia and Canada. It's only a mater of time before all the people at corporate are arrested and put in Prison.

Richard Kissane the president of jan-pro knows what is going on. When jan-pro was exposed on Television for ripping of all of those cleaning ladies he said he would take care of the situation and rectify the mater and he never did. HE LIED !!! Richard Kissane is part of this Ponzi Scheme and needs to be put in Prison!

Webster Capitol bought jan-pro a few years ago. They took investors money to buy jan-pro. I don't think that Investors are going to be very happy with the purchase that Donald Steiner managing partner, Rob long senior general partner, david malm senior general partner, charles larkin general partner, andrew mcgee general partner, kyle hynden senior associate, jenny betzwieser senior associate, mark greene chief financial officer, or sarah mcbride associate. I dont know why Webster Capitol continues to let jan-pro and it's president Richard kissane and the other people in his cave run things when they constantly continue to run a Ponzi Scheme!

Thousands of us who got ripped off by jan-pro and webster capitol are coming together and we are growing in numbers everyday. We will continue our Fight until we get JUSTICE!

1st amendment, the above, plus the sum of $1.00 will buy you and Fortman an iced-tea!!! As we still "speak", Coverall has not paid one cent to any of the "plantiffs" in the case! I can post one year from now, two years from now, five years from now and this will still be a true statement...You know what will also be true? Obama won't be President, SEIU will be investigated for misuse of union dues, liss-riordin will move on to chasing down strippers in other states for collective bargaining rights!