ARE THERE ANY LAWSUITS AGAINST A COMPANY NAMED HARPER METAL BUILDING SERVICES, INC. THAT IS LOCATED IN HAMMOND LOUISIANA?
Executive summary
Available public records and business directories show a Harper Metal Building Services, Inc. operating in Hammond, Louisiana with a verified contractor license and local listings [1] [2]. The provided search results contain no direct court dockets, complaints, or news stories alleging lawsuits specifically naming Harper Metal Building Services, Inc. of Hammond; federal and state litigation in the results instead involve other companies with "Harper" in their names (Harper Construction in San Diego) [3] [4].
1. Local business footprint: what the records show
Harper Metal Building Services, Inc. is listed across multiple local business platforms—Better Business Bureau (showing owner Rebecca Harper and a Louisiana contractor license number 29325), the company’s own website, BuildZoom (license verified as of December 2022 and 12 building permits totaling $325,000), and local directories such as MapQuest and YellowPages—establishing an identifiable Hammond contractor presence [1] [5] [2] [6] [7].
2. No lawsuits located in the supplied results against the Hammond firm
The search results supplied do not include any court dockets, press releases, or media reports alleging litigation against Harper Metal Building Services, Inc. of Hammond. Where litigation appears in these results, it involves different Harper entities—most prominently Harper Construction Company, Inc., a San Diego firm that settled False Claims Act allegations for $5.4 million [3] [4]. Available sources do not mention lawsuits against the Hammond Harper Metal Building Services, Inc.
3. Similar names create risk of misattribution
National litigation and government enforcement items in the results refer to other firms with "Harper" in their names—examples include Harper Construction Company (San Diego) and various Harper-related entries in DOJ and GAO records—highlighting the risk of conflating unrelated companies when searching by a surname or common trade name [3] [4] [8] [9].
4. Complaints and consumer feedback channels — present but not court filings
Local consumer-review platforms (Yelp, BirchEye/YellowPages, Nextdoor) list Harper Metal Building Services with customer comments and ratings but those are reviews/complaints, not legal filings [10] [11] [12] [7]. The Better Business Bureau profile notes the business is not BBB-accredited and encourages checking licensing—this is standard consumer-protection guidance, not evidence of litigation [1].
5. Licensing and permit activity — signals of active contracting
BuildZoom reports 12 building permits totaling roughly $325,000 and verified license activity as of late 2022; the BBB profile lists a license that appears to expire May 14, 2025 [2] [1]. Permit and license records indicate active construction work and regulatory registration in Louisiana, which is where potential legal disputes often first appear (e.g., lien filings, local court records), but those specific dispute records are not present in the supplied sources.
6. How to proceed if you need definitive legal answers
Because the supplied search results do not include court dockets for the Hammond firm, the next steps are to search specific court-record sources not provided here: state civil dockets for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana district court and clerk records; the Louisiana Secretary of State and contractor licensing complaint logs; federal PACER for any federal suits; and local civil-business court databases. Available sources do not mention results from those specific court systems (not found in current reporting).
7. Caveats, potential agendas, and limits of the current reporting
The dataset provided mixes national enforcement stories about different Harper companies and local business-directory material about the Hammond firm; that mix can falsely imply a connection. The DOJ and GAO items are high-profile and thus may bias a researcher toward assuming wrongdoing by any "Harper" entity, an implicit agenda of attention by scale rather than by corporate identity [3] [9]. My analysis is limited to the supplied search results; it does not include independent database queries or records from local courthouses not represented among the provided items (available sources do not mention local court searches).
8. Bottom line — what we can and cannot say from these results
From the supplied material: there is no documented lawsuit in these sources naming Harper Metal Building Services, Inc. of Hammond; there is substantial evidence the company exists and holds a Louisiana contractor license [1] [2]. For a legally conclusive answer about pending suits or judgments, consult Tangipahoa Parish court records, Louisiana state court databases, and PACER — those specific records are not in the provided search results (not found in current reporting).