Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. United Industrial Syndicated, Inc.

The plaintiff Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. (Stone & Webster) brought an action against the defendant United Industrial Syndicated, Inc., doing business as The Portland Company (Portland), seeking indemnification for monies paid on judgments affirmed in Jennett v. Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp., 9 Mass. App. Ct. 823 (1980). The judge denied Stone & Webster’s motion for summary judgment and ordered judgment for Portland. Mass.R.Civ.P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974). For the reasons set out by the motion judge in his memorandum of decision, we affirm the judgment.

The judgments in Jennett were based…