James G. Grant Co. v. R.A.D. Steel, Inc.

Wheatley, PJ.

The plaintiff (Grant) files this expedited appeal, under Mass. Dist/Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 8A, of two judgments of dismissal as to C & I Steel, Inc. (C&I) and Continental Insurance Company (Continental).1 We affirm the judgment on both motions.2

Fox, the owner, hired Bond, the general contractor, to build a new television studio in Dedham, Massachusetts. Bond, in turn, hired a subcontractor, C&I, to fabricate the steel framework for the building. C&I hired RAD to erect the steel, and RAD, for the purposes of this appeal, hired Grant to provide crane service to lift the…