HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A former Hutchinson resident and his custom grain wagon company have been banned from doing business in Kansas and ordered to pay more than $22,000 in fines and restitution for violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act.
Cody Ruddick, now of La Vernia, Texas, and doing business as 4R Custom Grain Wagons, previously of Hutchinson, was permanently banned from doing business in Kansas.
Shawnee County District Court Judge Mary Christopher approved a default judgment in Shawnee County District Court yesterday after Ruddick failed to respond to a lawsuit the attorney general filed against him. Ruddick was ordered to pay $2,500 in restitution to a consumer in Morris County and was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay the costs of the attorney general’s investigation.
Ruddick was accused of violating the Kansas Consumer Protection Act by failing to provide goods to the consumer after being paid.
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