Zionsville contractor fighting lawsuit in Missouri

ZIONSVILLE, Ind (WISH) - A Zionsville contractor is fighting back against a lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General's office. Zionsville based Four Seasons Restoration, which is licensed to do business in Missouri and 7 other states, was among the dozens of contractors repairing and rebuilding Joplin, Missouri when it was destroyed by a tornado in May of 2011. Owner Brad White says getting paid for work his company finished hasn't always been easy.

"I have about $40-thousand in attorney's fees right here trying to get my money back. Now we're going to incur more, with this," he says.

White is referring to a lawsuit filed by the Missouri Attorney General charging that, "White and Four Seasons Roofing collected money from Joplin Tornado victims without providing promised home repairs and construction Services."

White admits in a couple of cases his company owes property owners a few thousand dollars, but he says he is owed $300 thousand by others. White says the Attorney General’s office never told him a lawsuit was pending and never asked for specifics in the cases referred to in the lawsuit.

"There's a point that these people have a legitimate concern. Let's take care of them, which we've been trying to do. It's nonsense, when you have people owe you money and our hired officials don't do the research and they tell me that I'm a bad person."

White says he must fight the lawsuit and fight to keep his business going. "My business has been affected tremendously. We were a preferred contractor with insurance companies. We've been put on hold for our income, because this has hit the wire," he says.