TRUMBULL COUNTY Company files lawsuit against Avalon South

WARREN -- A company that leased golf carts and other equipment to Avalon South Management Inc. has filed a lawsuit stating it is owed $200,000.
Textron Financial Corp. of Rhode Island filed the lawsuit Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. It has been assigned to Judge John Stuard. No hearing date has been set.
The suit states that Avalon South has breached its contract by failing to make payments. The suit further states that Avalon South has also refused to return the equipment.
Atty. Richard Schwartz, who represents Tony Joy, course manager, says the lawsuit will not affect operations of the course.
The city in February 2002 tried to evict Joy from the course, citing unpaid rental fees and property taxes, failure to pay a bank loan and failure to maintain liability insurance.
Joy sued for breach of contract, contending officials told him he would be credited for improvements he made to the facility, which include a new clubhouse, and that in 1988, the city's safety-service director told him he would not have to pay property taxes.
The case is pending in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
The course remains open, and Joy is still operating the facility.