Grady v. Cloherty

In May, 2010, appellant John M. Grady (“Grady”) filed suit in this action against Joseph P. Cloherty and Cloherty Construction, Inc. (together, “Cloherty”) alleging violations of the Massachusetts Wage Act, G.L.c. 149, §150 and G.L.c. 151, §1B. Cloherty was defaulted for failure to appear at a pretrial conference; Grady requested a hearing on the assessment of damages. After hearing, the trial judge found that Cloherty was Grady’s employee, that Cloherty had violated G.Lc. 149, §148 and G.L.c. 151, §1A, and that the amount of wages due to Grady was $7,554.00. As the court correctly noted,…