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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Note 7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Loss Contingencies

 

On July 5, 2018, CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (the “CPI”) filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, against the Company relating to the previously announced Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of March 21, 2018 (the “Agreement”) between the Company and CPI, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to CPI all of the shares of capital stock of its subsidiary, WMI. On July 2, 2018, the Company notified CPI that it was terminating the Agreement due to CPI’s failure to close on a timely basis.

 

The complaint alleges that the Company willfully breached its contractual obligation to provide financial information required to fulfill key conditions for closing under the Agreement. CPI is seeking, among other things, an order of specific performance requiring the Company to comply with its obligations under the Agreement, monetary damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs.

 

On July 30, 2018, the Company filed its answer and asserted counterclaims against CPI. The Company denied the allegations made by CPI in the complaint and alleged that CPI breached the Agreement and the covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Company is seeking a declaration that the Agreement has terminated, along with monetary damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs.

On July 31, 2018, CPI filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Company. The motion argued that the Company’s failure to provide financial data and other information necessary to close the transaction contemplated by the Agreement will cause irreparable injury to CPI. CPI is seeking an order directing the Company to furnish CPI with all previously requested financial, operating, and other data and information relating to WMI.

The Company disputes the validity and applicability of the claims asserted by CPI and believes that it has meritorious defenses to those claims and intends to contest the action vigorously. 

 

A number of actions have been commenced against the Company by vendors, landlords and former landlords, including a third party claim as a result of an injury suffered on a portion of a leased property not occupied by the Company. As certain of these claims represent amounts included in accounts payable they are not specifically discussed herein.

 

Westbury Park Associates, LLC commenced an action on or about January 11, 2017 against Air Industries Group in the NYS Supreme Court, County of Suffolk, seeking the recovery of approximately $31,000 for past rent arrears, and for an unidentified sum representing all additional rent due under an alleged commercial lease through the end of its term, plus attorney’s fees. The Company believes that it has a meritorious defense, and there was no lease on the property and that its subsidiary Compac Development Corp was a hold-over tenant occupying the space on month-to-month tenancy.

  

An employee of the Company commenced an action against, among others, Rechler Equity B-2, LLC and Air Industries Group, in the Supreme Court State of New York, Suffolk County, seeking compensation in an undetermined amount for injuries suffered while leaving the premises occupied by Welding Metallurgy, Inc. Rechler Equity B-2, LLC, has served a Third Party Complaint in this action against Air Industries Group, Inc. and Welding Metallurgy, Inc. The action remains in the early pleading stage. The Company believes it is not liable to the employee and any amount it might have to pay would be covered by insurance.

 

An employee of the Company commenced an action against, among others, Sterling Engineering and Air Industries Group, in Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, seeking lost wages in an undetermined amount for the employee’s termination. The action remains in the early pleading stage. The Company believes it is not liable to the employee and any amount it might have to pay would be covered by insurance.