Window-maker lawsuit

WARREN

Vista Window Co. of Lords-town, which announced the permanent closure of its Henn Parkway plant in January, is suing a former customer for nonpayment.

The window-maker is seeking more than $245,000 for unpaid work from Jack’s Wholesale Windows and Design of Schoolcraft Inc., a Michigan-based company, according to a civil suit filed in February in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

Jack’s filed Monday to move the case to federal court, as it operates in Michigan and Vista operates in Ohio.

In Vista’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice, filed with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services the date of its closure, the company stated it was “faltering” and “two significant customers stopped paying their receivables.”

The plant’s closure affected 87 employees, the majority of whom were production workers, according to the notice.