Sapienza-Cote v. Carabetta Management Co.

This case illustrates why very few people mourn the repeal of former Mass. R. Civ. P., Rule 64A, which required district court judges to respond to requests for rulings of law filed by litigants in civil cases. Today, the problem described in this opinion would not exist because the judge would be required to issue written findings. Mass. R. Civ. R, Rule 52(c).

Theresa Sapienza-Cote (“Sapienza-Cote”) signed a one-year lease for an apartment in a building in Wakefield owned by Colonial Point Phase I Realty Company (“Colonial”) and managed by Carabetta Management Company (“Carabetta”) with the…