DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending the money in loose coins that weighed 3 tons (2.7 metric tonnes).
Findley ordered JMF to pay by a more conventional method like a check.
He also said JMF would now have write a larger one — to pay an extra estimated $8,092 to cover legal fees for the ensuing dispute over whether it had the right to pay in coins.
Political Cartoons View All 1218 Images“The form of the settlement in this case is a reference to their shared career field and is intended to satisfy the settlement, albeit in an uncommon form,” they said in a September court filing.
Findley said photographic evidence showed JMF apparently took the extra step of taking coins separated in boxes by denomination and then “dumping them loosely and randomly” into the container.
Persons:
Joseph Findley, “, Findley, JMF, Danielle Beem, Denver's, ”, ” Findley
Organizations:
DENVER, Plaintiff
Locations:
Colorado