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By BONNIE ADAMS; Times Leader Staff Writer
 Friday, August 16, 1996 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 5A 





WILKES-BARRE -- The Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday
ordered a Hazleton-area construction company to answer questions and produce
documents related to a suit filed by the state attorney general's office last
year. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Calbeth Center Corp. of Milnesville and its officers had been named in the
suit filed May 18, 1995, by the office's Bureau of Consumer Protection. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Bureau of Consumer Protection based the suit on complaints from six
customers who either bought new homes from the defendants or paid them to
build homes in a Milnesville development between January 1990 and December
1992. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Complaints included improperly installed roofs, inadequate drainage and
cracks in ceilings and walls, according to the suit. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Attorney Andy Primerano represents defendant Anthony Novitsky of
Milnesville, chief executive officer of Calbeth. Primerano said the
information requested by the attorney general "will probably be going out in
the next day or two without the judge's order." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The defendants have 20 days to comply with the order. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The state attorney general sent a letter to the defendants on March 25
containing questions and a request for documents, according to the order. A
letter was sent to the defendants' counsel a month later requesting the
information within 10 days. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Primerano said he was surprised by Thursday's action because he had been in
touch with the attorney general's office and told them the defendant was in
the process of complying. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Two other defendants named in the suit are Novitsky's son, Robert, and
Joseph Nagy. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The suit asks the court to order the defendants to make restitution and pay
civil penalties for alleged violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and
Consumer Protection Law. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Construction Company Told To Give Information The Defendant's Attorney Says The Data Was In The Works Even Without A Judicial Order