The $40 million heating, ventilation, air conditioning and plumbing contractor is suing James Ronald Burkett in Orange Circuit Court on charges of client stealing, conspiracy and fraud.
Burkett is countersuing for breach of contract. He was fired, allegedly without cause, in May 2000 after being with S.I. Goldman and its founder, Texas-born Seymour Goldman, for 22 years.
The company's suit alleges Burkett fraudulently undervalued Goldman's road-sign division when he bought it for an undisclosed sum in April 1998. That's the date Houston-based Comfort Systems Inc. merged with S.I. Goldman Co.
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