Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. Marshall Contractors, Inc.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided February 10, 2000No. 98-440-AppealPublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on an appeal by the cross-claimant, Marshall Contractors, Inc. d.b.a. Algonquin Builders (Marshall), from a judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of Bennington Iron Works (Bennington), the codefendant, against whom the cross-claim was filed. We vacate the judgment and remand the case to the Superior Court for a trial on the merits. The facts insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

Marshall was the general contractor on a project to build a manufacturing facility in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, for the Tit-leist Golf…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Lagenour v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Commercial Union Insurance v. PelchatSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1999
  3. E.W. Audet & Sons, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurace Co. of NewarkSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  4. State v. ChaseSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1991
  5. PROVIDENCE TEACHERS U., LOC. 958, AFT v. McGovernSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1974

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3Cited by26 opinions

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