Massachusetts Refusetech, Inc. v. Palmer & Dodge, LLP

The plaintiff, Massachusetts Refusetech, Inc. (“MRI”) has filed this contract action seeking inter alia a declaratory judgment that the defendant, Northeast Solid Waste Committee (“NESWC”)1 is responsible for certain costs under a contract. The matter is now before this court on MRI’s motion for partial summary judgment regarding the same. For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED.

BACKGROUND

In the 1970s, through the efforts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bureau of Solid Waste Disposal (the “Bureau”), negotiations began between NESWC and Universal Oil Products, Inc. (“UOP”), MRI’s…