Saddle Brook Based Home Improvement Business Faces Lawsuit

The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has filed an action against J&L Glass & Construction Corp based in Saddle Brook.

The action against the corporation’s All Glass Corp. and Glass Dynamix Corp. alleges that the businesses incorrectly installed replacement shower doors and glass while also failing to deliver glass table tops ordered by consumers.

The state’s nine-count civil complaint, filed in State Superior Court in Hackensack, named Joel R. Tobia, 51 and Evelyn Perez, 53 the principals of J&L Glass and Construction Corp. as defendants.

The civil complaint alleges violation of the Home Improvement Contractors’ Registration Act and the Delivery of Household Furniture and and Furnishings regulations.

“Consumers often were forced to hire other contractors to fix the allegedly shoddy work performed by these defendants,” Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said. ”And, in some cases, as described in the complaint, repairs had to be made in order to stop water leaks from causing further damage to their homes.”

The defendants used home improvement contracts that did not include notices to consumers about their rights to cancel the contract and the contracts for purchase of glass table tops allegedly failed to include delivery dates. The contacts also listed business locations where the businesses did not maintain offices.

Division of Consumer Affairs Acting Director Steve Lee said they were determined to hold these businesses accountable.

About three dozen complaints have been filed against the defendants so far.

The Division of Consumer Affairs is seeking to reimburse affected consumers, dissolve the companies’ corporate charter and prohibit the defendants from owning another business of the same nature.

Deputy Attorney General Patricia Schiripo, Assistant Chief of the Consumer Fraud Prosecution Section in the Division of Law, is representing the state.

Consumers who want to file a complaint against these companies can do so by calling the State Division of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-242-5846 or at 973-504-6200.