Jarvis v. Downey

Thomas Cerretani (“Cerretani”) moved in with Cheryl Downey (“Downey”) at her home in Tyngsborough when their romance became serious. Cerretani later hired Marc Jarvis (“Jarvis”) to perform various landscaping services at the home he and Downey were sharing. Jarvis eventually commenced this action against Downey and Cerretani for breach of contract, and they filed a counterclaim against Jarvis for breach of contract.

A jury trial resulted in verdicts in favor of Downey and Cerretani on both Jarvis’ complaint and on their counterclaim, on which the jury awarded damages of $34,000.00. After…