LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	3 Months Ended
Apr. 04, 2015
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS	11.The Company is involved in litigation matters related to its business, principally product liability matters related to the gas-fired heating products and fan coil products in the Heating and Cooling segment. In the Company’s opinion, none of these proceedings, when concluded, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial condition as the Company has established adequate accruals for known occurrences which represent management’s best estimate of the future liability related to these claims up to the associated deductible. The Company does not accrue estimated amounts for future legal costs related to the defense of these matters but rather expenses legal costs as incurred. As disclosed in the 2014 annual report on Form 10-K, in September of 2014 the Company ceased operations at its leased gravel operation in Pueblo, Colorado. On September 10, 2014, the Company filed suit in Continental Materials Corporation v. Valco, Inc., Civil Action No. 2014-cv-2510, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado seeking, among other things, to rescind the sand and gravel lease and to recover approximately $1,259,000 of overpaid royalties. The suit is in the early stages of discovery. The sand and gravel lease called for the payments of a royalty on 50,000,000 tons of sand and gravel reserves. Through the end of the third quarter of 2014 approximately 17,700,000 tons have been paid for, including the overpaid amounts. After consideration of all facts and circumstances, including discussions with legal counsel, management concluded that no reserve was required to be recorded against the $1,259,000 of overpaid royalties nor was a liability required to be recorded for royalties related to the remaining 32,500,000 of unmined sand and gravel.

11.The Company is involved in litigation matters related to its business, principally product liability matters related to the gas-fired heating products and fan coil products in the Heating and Cooling segment. In the Company’s opinion, none of these proceedings, when concluded, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial condition as the Company has established adequate accruals for known occurrences which represent management’s best estimate of the future liability related to these claims up to the associated deductible. The Company does not accrue estimated amounts for future legal costs related to the defense of these matters but rather expenses legal costs as incurred.

As disclosed in the 2014 annual report on Form 10-K, in September of 2014 the Company ceased operations at its leased gravel operation in Pueblo, Colorado. On September 10, 2014, the Company filed suit in Continental Materials Corporation v. Valco, Inc., Civil Action No. 2014-cv-2510, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado seeking, among other things, to rescind the sand and gravel lease and to recover approximately $1,259,000 of overpaid royalties. The suit is in the early stages of discovery. The sand and gravel lease called for the payments of a royalty on 50,000,000 tons of sand and gravel reserves. Through the end of the third quarter of 2014 approximately 17,700,000 tons have been paid for, including the overpaid amounts. After consideration of all facts and circumstances, including discussions with legal counsel, management concluded that no reserve was required to be recorded against the $1,259,000 of overpaid royalties nor was a liability required to be recorded for royalties related to the remaining 32,500,000 of unmined sand and gravel.