Ill. Attorney General Sues Hail-Damage Repair Firm After CBS 2 Investigation

April 23, 2012 12:00 AM " CHICAGO (CBS) — Four contractors are being sued by the Illinois Attorney General for ripping off local homeowners, and one of the operations was first exposed by CBS 2′s Dave Savini during a hidden-camera investigation last year.

The 2 Investigators raised serious questions about whether home damage was really storm damage — or actually man-made damage.

Blue Rose Restoration is one company being sued, in part, because of what CBS exposed last year: alleged storm chasers intentionally making damage, often ripping off homeowners and the insurance industry.

Workers allegedly used their fingers and instruments to create phony hail damage.

“It’s a scam from start to finish that homeowners really have to be wary of,” Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says.

Madigan noted damage caused to Mike and Sheila Dunivan’s Aurora home. Savini interviewed them last year and saw dents around their home.

“It looks like the back of my house was hit with a ball-peen hammer and it was not like that,” Sheila Dunivan says.

Madigan says it was intentionally damaged by Blue Rose Restoration workers.

CBS 2 saw one former Blue Rose Restoration worker in the Dunivan family’s backyard. Chris Skedd was making dents on a home a block away.

He was later arrested and then pleaded guilty to damaging property. "

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