John W. Egan Co. v. Major Construction Management Corp.

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority entered into a contract with Major Construction Management Corporation (Major Construction), as general contractor, for leak repair and associated work at four ventilation shafts of the Sumner and Callahan Tunnels. Major Construction subcontracted a part of the work — painting, glazing, and lead-based coating removal — to the plaintiff John W. Egan Company, Inc. (Egan), for the contract price of $68,720. As required by the payment bond statute, G. L. c. 149, § 29, Major Construction, as principal, and Firemen’s Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey *644(Firem…