P.J. Keating Co. v. Roads Corp.

Lu, John T., J.

INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff P.J. Keating Company (Keating) brought this case against the defendants Roads Corporation (Roads) and its former officer John F. Sarao, Jr. (Sarao) (collectively, Defendants) to collect outstanding debts allegedly arising out of the labor and materials Keating supplied to Roads as its subcontractor on a series of projects.

Keating has filed special motions to dismiss2 counterclaims, pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute, set forth at G.L.c. 231, §59H, which prohibits the Defendants from bringing their counterclaims if they are based on Keating’s protected…