PITTSBURGH – A building materials distributor is refuting the cross-claims of an Ohio lumber company, who blamed it for supplying allegedly defective lumber that led a Washington County man to sustain significant structural and mold damage to his property.
Nathaniel W. Cale of Chartiers Township first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Nov. 16 versus Keim Lumber Company, of Charm, Ohio.
“In or around February 2019, plaintiff and Keim Lumber entered into an oral contract with relation to the project, under which Keim Lumber agreed to furnish certain lumber materials for the construction and development of the residential dwelling on the property, including, but not limited to, boards, joists and trusses to be utilized to install the framing throughout the residential dwelling,” the suit said.