COSTA v. BRAIT BUILDERS CORPORATION

SJC-11011.

463 Mass. 65 (2012)

JOHN J. COSTA v. BRAIT BUILDERS CORPORATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Plymouth.

August 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Schultz for Brait Builders Corporation.

Danielle Andrews Long for Arch Insurance Company.

Eric S. Kupperstein for the plaintiff.

Carolyn M. Francisco & Michael T. Mullaly , for Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


SPINA, J.

This case raises the question whether a subcontractor providing labor or materials to a public construction project for which a payment bond has been obtained by the general contractor pursuant to G. L. c. 149, § 29, may by private agreement forgo its right to pursue payment under the bond. In 2004 and early 2005, the plaintiff, John J. Costa, doing business as Costa & Son Construction (Costa or subcontractor), performed site work for the defendant...

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