West Virginia Attorney General issued the following announcement on May 6.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won a lawsuit that prohibits a plumbing contractor from doing any future home improvement work.
The recent court order permanently blocks Charles P. Waterman and his company, Waterman Plumbing LLC, from engaging in any capacity of plumbing or contracting work. It also requires Waterman to pay $14,133.72 in restitution.
The Attorney General’s lawsuit had alleged Waterman violated the state’s consumer protection laws by accepting thousands of dollars for deficient and unfinished work.
“Contractors who don’t follow the law must be stopped,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “Consumers deserve to get the services they pay for in a timely manner and satisfactory condition. Our office works vigorously to investigate complaints in hopes of weeding out bad actors to increase trust and confidence in the countless other contractors who perform admirably.”
The 2020 lawsuit, filed in Ohio County Circuit Court, alleged Waterman and his business victimized at least three residents in Wheeling, one of which paid $7,645 for a series of projects the Attorney General described as substandard and incomplete.
The lawsuit tied Waterman and his business to Wheeling and a nearby address in Ohio. It alleged both defendants engaged in general contracting and plumbing work without a West Virginia business registration and operated without the required contractor or specialty plumbing license.
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