BELLEVILLE – A contractor claims a church reneged on a contract for remodeling work on their building and still owes him $3.4 million.
Plaintiff Nathaniel McCloud and Nathaniel's Roofing & More, Inc. filed a lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Lovejoy Temple Church, Elder Carl A. Smith-Pastor, Sister Vanessa Chapman, Sister Juanita Finley and Sr. Deacon Leslie "Tabb" Melton, citing breach of contract, fraud and conspiracy.
According to the lawsuit, McCloud, who is a contractor, entered into an contact with the defendants on Dec. 3, 2020, to renovate and remodel the defendants' church. The plaintiff claims that after payments had been made, the defendants still owe him substantial unpaid fees for materials, supplies, services, labor, interest and storage fees. The fees allegedly total approximately $3.4 million. He adds that repeated demands for payment have been ignored. He claims the defendants declared that he would have to take them to court to collect any additional payments.
The plaintiff is represented in this case by attorney William S. Daniel of Daniel Law Offices in Fairview Heights.
St. Clair County Circuit Court case number 22LA0873