OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – As extra sufferers began being rushed to hospitals throughout Oklahoma on account of COVID-19, Oklahoma state leaders rushed to order vital gear and private protecting gear.
On Tuesday, Oklahoma Lawyer Basic Mike Hunter filed a lawsuit in opposition to A&Ok Distributors for failing to ship an order of ventilators to the Oklahoma State Division of Well being firstly of the pandemic.
Within the lawsuit, the state claims the well being division paid over $890,000 for 40 ventilators final April.
Nevertheless, it states that the corporate solely delivered two ventilators by June 2023.
Officers say they canceled the order in October, however the firm nonetheless delivered 21 ventilators in December.
The Oklahoma State Division of Well being returned the wrongfully delivered ventilators however has not obtained a refund.
“We tried actions out of court docket to get the state’s a refund,” Lawyer Basic Hunter stated. “Sadly, A&Ok Distributors has left us no possibility. It’s illegal for any firm to behave this manner. It shouldn’t take the state pulling the order and threatening a lawsuit to get our merchandise. The state canceled the order, and we wish our a refund, interval. That’s how enterprise transactions work.”
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