Skopek Bros. v. Webster Housing Authority

This is an action by which, in the only aspect still material (count 6 of the amended complaint), the plaintiff, as the general contractor on a project for the construction of housing for the elderly, sought an “equitable adjustment” (G. L. c. 30, § 39N, inserted by St. 1972, c. 774, § 4) in the total contract price by reason of the plaintiff’s having encountered and overcome actual or latent soil conditions materially different from those predicted by or reasonably to be anticipated from the plans, specifications, test borings and estimates comprising parts of the contract documents. Both…