PETERS v. HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO.


377 Mass. 863 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 63

ROBERT PETERS & others, trustees, vs. THE HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira Sills for the plaintiffs.

Robert J. Sherer for the defendant.

Present: QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

This case, which arises under G.L.c. 149, § 29, involves the scope of the payment bond which prime contractors are required to provide as surety for work done on public projects. Specifically, we are asked to determine whether the trustees of employee fringe benefit funds may maintain an action1 against the general contractor's surety, when the employer primarily liable for contributions...

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