Legal Opinion
Starr v. J. Abrams Construction Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 23, 1983PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
We deal here with an arbitration award of $66,856 on an oral side agreement to a written contract. Under the written contract, the appellee, J. Abrams Construction Co., Inc. (Abrams Construction), had undertaken to build a nursing home for the appellant, Lorraine Starr. In separate actions filed in the Superior Court, Abrams Construction moved to confirm the award of the arbitration panel, see G. L. c. 251, §§ 11 & 15, which, without making findings of fact, granted the full amount Abrams Construction had sought under the side agreement; Starr moved, pursuant to G. L. c. 251, §§ 12(c) (3) &…
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