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Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Contingencies [Abstract]  
CONTINGENCIES

Note 14. CONTINGENCIES

 

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.

 

Contract Pharmacal Corp. commenced an action on October 2, 2018, relating to a Sublease entered into between the Company and Contract Pharmacal in May 2018 with respect to the property that was formerly occupied by Welding Metallurgy, Inc., at 110 Plant Avenue, Hauppauge, New York. In the action Contract Pharmacal seeks damages for an amount in excess of $1,000,000 for our failure to make the entire premises available by the Sublease commencement date. The Company disputes the validity of the claims asserted by Contract Pharmacal and believes it has meritorious defenses to those claims. The pace of litigation in the civil courts in New York has been slowed by the impact of Covid-19. The Court has ordered us and Contract Pharmacal to complete discovery, which is ongoing.

 

On December 20, 2018, the Company completed the sale of all of the outstanding shares of its subsidiary, WMI, to CPI.

There ensued a dispute with CPI regarding amounts it claimed were due based upon the value it ascribed to the inventory as of the closing date. On December 23, 2020 the Company and CPI reached an agreement to settle the working capital dispute. Pursuant to the settlement, the escrow agent released to CPI the balance of $ 1,380,684 remaining in the escrow account which had been established at the closing and the Company and CPI exchanged mutual releases customary in the circumstances.

 

From time to time the Company may be engaged in various lawsuits and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. The Company is currently not aware of any legal proceedings the ultimate outcome of which, in its judgment based on information currently available, would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or operating results. There are no proceedings in which any of the Company's directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial stockholder of its common stock, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to our interest.