Gem Plumbing and Heating Services, LLC v. Rusty's, Inc; Michael J. Roderick; Thomas R. Hansen; Air Pros Ma, LLC; Michael Hansen; And Paul Neary

Gem Plumbing and Heating Services, LLC, bought a similar business called Rusty’s, Inc., from Michael Roderick and Thomas Hansen. Two weeks after the closing Gem fired Roderick and Hansen, claiming that they knew but did not disclose that their employees Michael Hansen (the son of Tom Hansen) and Paul Neary were running a competing HVAC business called Air Pros MA, LLC. This lawsuit followed.

Gem claims that the Rusty’s Defendants (Rusty’s, Roderick, and Tom Hansen) were required but failed to disclose that Air Pros was competing with Rusty’s and that they thereby committed fraud, breached the…