ART Man Corp., through attorney Colin Thompson, is suing Imperial Pacific International LLC in federal court for breach of contract.
Art Man said IPI owes $106,890 for portable toilet services rendered by the plaintiff.
Art Man is asking the District Court for the NMI to issue an order awarding the plaintiff damages and ordering IPI to pay the amount owed for services rendered.
The plaintiff alleges breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and statement of account.
According to its lawsuit, Art Man is in the business of renting out portable toilets, including maintaining, cleaning, pickup, and delivery of portable toilets.
Thompson said IPI agreed to compensate his client, Art Man, for its services at specific rates per portable toilet.
According to their agreement, the plaintiff provided services at various locations of IPI during periods of time as needed by the casino investor.
The price that IPI agreed to pay Art Man varied based on duration of the rental, location and number of portable toilets, the lawsuit stated.
It added that IPI was given a discounted price of $280 per unit for the Garapan casino construction site and $240 per unit for the remaining sites.
In January 2020, IPI stopped paying its obligations regularly, the lawsuit stated.
Art Man followed up to collect payments but received only promises from IPI that it would pay what it owed in the near future.
On Sept. 14, 2020, Art Man said it received the last payment from IPI.
The plaintiff then delivered a letter to IPI regarding its unsettled account with conditions and terms of payment given until December 2020 to clear the unsettled account.
Art Man said it continued to perform services through April 2021.
Between April 24, 2021 and July 7, 2021, Art Man removed all its units from IPI’s sites.
Art Man said it “sent IPI monthly invoices that describe the period of rental, location, number of portable toilets, and the amount owed for that period. IPI did not respond to invoices or demands for payment to Art Man. All of the invoices were received by IPI within 30 days after the provision of the services.”
Art Man said it “performed the services for IPI pursuant to their agreement. Art Man repeatedly demanded that IPI pay all amounts due and owing for the outstanding invoices. Despite repeated promises by IPI to pay the plaintiff, IPI failed to pay Art Man for the services.”
Art Man said IPI owes Art Man a total of $106,890 for past due services.
IPI, whose casino shut down in March 2020 because of the global Covid-19 pandemic, is facing several lawsuits in federal and local courts filed by vendors and former employees.
In Sept. 2021, Commonwealth Casino Commission Executive Director Andrew Yeom filed four complaints against IPI and sought the revocation of the casino investor’s exclusive license for its nonpayment of the annual license and regulatory fees, among other “major violations.”
