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Ohio AG seeks refunds from contractor after complaints

From staff reports

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking refunds of $147,000 from a home improvement contractor following complaints from more than a dozen consumers in southeast Ohio.

The consumer protection lawsuit accuses Patrick Wilson, 28, of performing shoddy work and failing to complete home improvement projects. Wilson does business under the names Twin Building Supply and Wilson Contracting P&E.

“Homeowners have suffered serious financial harm at the hands of this guy,” Yost said. “We’re taking him to court to get their money back and to put an end to his rip-offs.”

The lawsuit stems from 15 consumer complaints submitted to Yost’s Consumer Protection Section since late 2018. Those consumers say Wilson owes them refunds totaling $147,000. But this isn’t Wilson’s first run-in with the attorney general’s office.

The state sued him previously in March 2018 after 10 additional consumers complained of financial losses totaling $108,000. At the time, his last name was Eltringham and his business was called Logan-Madison Construction. That case is still pending.

The new lawsuit filed in the Morgan County Court of Common Pleas accuses Wilson of violating the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, Home Solicitation Sales Act and Home Construction Service Suppliers Act.

The filing requests an order requiring Wilson to reimburse affected customers and pay civil penalties, as well as court costs. It also requests an injunction ordering him to stop violating the state’s consumer protection laws.

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