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Company seeks over $30,000 in damages against Joles Asphalt

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IDAHO FALLS — A paving dispute that played out in late July is now in the hands of the courts.

Tim Colling, owner of Colling Pest Solutions, filed a civil lawsuit against Charles and Melissa Joles, owners of Joles Asphalt and Paving, alleging the company used improper materials and in “such a shoddy and unworkmanlike manner that it will require the removal of the materials.”

Court documents state near the end of July, Colling contracted with Joles Asphalt to pave a driveway at Colling’s home and a parking lot at Colling’s business on 1st Street.

The agreed price was $4,000.

The lawsuit states that Joles Asphalt represented itself as qualified, knowledgeable, experienced and capable of performing the work contracted for, but Colling alleged that was the case. Court records allege Joles Asphalt used improper materials and “as a result of the defendant’s negligence, recklessness and shoddy and unskilled work performed, the plaintiffs home and office have been damaged by oil and tar.”

Colling is seeking $10,000 in attorney fees and over $30,000 in damages he suffered as a result of Joles Asphalt’s work.

A previous case

This isn’t the first time Charles Joles has been stuck in the tar for the work he has done.

In June 2015, Joles’ contracting license was revoked after the Idaho Contractors Board found that Joles failed to meet generally accepted standards on a $7,400 paving job in Ammon.

The board found Joles “failed to adequately clean the asphalt surface prior to the application of the seal, failed to properly seal the cracks in the asphalt, failed to apply a tack coat to achieve proper adherence of seal coat and failed to mix any sand or aggregate into the sealer.”

As a result of the deficiencies, the board said the seal coating failed to properly adhere to the asphalt, peeling from the asphalt within weeks after he did the job.

Court documents show Charles Joles agreed the seal coat had not adhered correctly and promised to redo the work when the weather permitted. However, despite multiple attempts to reach Joles, he never returned to repair the work.

After he lost his license, he continued to work under a license registered to his wife’s name.

The Better Business Bureau has recently revoked Joles Asphalt accreditation, but the company is listed as having an A+ rating.

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