LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Tuesday took legal action against a moving company that’s been in business in Louisville for more than 20 years.
Officials said prior to filling the lawsuit, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) had being receiving complaints about Margaret’s Movers and it’s owners Margaret and Arthur “Stormy” Weathers.
Those complaints, outlined in detail in the lawsuit, alleges the company had not returned items after storage, didn’t tell the clients where their items were being stored, and damaged items during moving and storage.
Items entrusted to the company for storage were also claimed to have been stolen.
Additionally, the OAG said Margaret’s Movers was last authorized to provide moving services in 2015 and hasn’t had the required state certification since.
“Margaret’s moving and storage is aware of the attorney general’s filing. We respectfully disagree with the allegations our company has proudly served the Kentucky families for years,” Margaret said.
The Weathers claim the allegations made by a handful customers don’t reflect the truth or how they run their business.
“Things can be spun in any direction that the speaker wants them to be,” Margaret said. “I would be careful what you believe.”
On July 5, WAVE obtained an open records request granted by the OAG details those complaints over the last 10 years. Many of them were listed in the lawsuit.
WAVE spoke with two victims over the phone. Both declined on camera interviews and asked we not name them to protect their identities.
One of them, a man who used Margaret’s Movers in 2013, wrote in a statement to WAVE “We are glad to see, over a decade later, that the Attorney General is pursuing vindication for all those impacted by her culpable behavior.”
Court records outline a handful of other complaints against Margaret’s Movers that made it to Jefferson County Court.
The company also filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 2022. That filing claimed owed more than $25,000 to the owners of a storage facility they rented on West Hill Street and $700,000 to UofL over a sponsorship claim.
The Franklin Circuit Court, where the lawsuit as filed, also granted OAG’s request for a temporary restraining order.
It stops Margaret’s Movers from moving any commercial or residential property within Kentucky, demanding payment from customers, getting rid of or relocating customer property, disposing of evidence or documents or doing any new business in the Commonwealth.
The Attorney General’s Office said they are seeking civil penalties as well.
The Weathers call the claims disappointing. They believe the company and their name will be cleared of any wrongdoing.
“I believe we will be exonerated when everything comes to light,” Margaret said.