TRUSS INDUSTRY TROUBLES... THE MANY PLAYERS... THE MANY LIABILITIES!!!
The Lawyers... Eye Opening... The Events Of July 15, 2013...
THE ENGINEER IN OUR CASE WHO HAD PLACED HIS SEAL ON OUR TRUSS SPECIFICATIONS HAD AN ATTORNEY WITH HIS NEW YORK BAR REPRESENTING HIM... AND THIS ATTORNEY HAD STATED MORE THAN ONCE THAT IT WAS ALPINE SYSTEM (A DIVISION OF IL TOOL WORKS) - NOT EVEN NAMED AS A DEFENDANT IN THE CASE - THAT WAS PAYING THE "RETAINER"!
THIS WAS TRULY A CASE NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR... AND WHERE NO ONE WANTED TO TESTIFY AND WHERE NO ONE WANTED THE ISSUES DOCUMENTED IN A PUBLIC, LEGAL TRIAL (A REAL ONE BASED ON THE DEFINITION OF A TRIAL) THAT - IN AND OF ITSELF - SPOKE VOLUMES!!!
LET US NOT FORGET THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO (overseeing all courts) AT THE TIME THIS WAS HAPPENING WAS NONE OTHER THAN JOHN GERRETSEN, THE FORMER MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING WHEN THE PEO WROTE ITS WARNING LETTER PERTAINING TO PROBLEMS IN THE TRUSS INDUSTRY!!!