Reddish v. Bowen

Following a jury-waived trial, third-party defendant *622Andrews Gunite Company, Inc. (Andrews), appeals from a judgment finding it in violation of G. L. c. 93A as a consequence of its failure to comply with G. L. c. 142A, which regulates home improvement contractors. The primary issue before us is whether the trial judge erred as matter of law when she treated a home improvement contractor’s disregard of a six-foot side lot setback requirement contained in a local zoning by-law as a violation of a “building law” as that phrase is used in G. L. c. 142A, § 17(10), inserted by St. 1991, c. 453.…