City Rentals, LLC v. BBC Co.

In this case we address the application of the Commonwealth’s labor and material payment bond statute for publicly funded construction projects, G. L. c. 149, § 29 (bond statute). At the conclusion of a bench trial, a judge of the Superior Court found that a general contractor had detained certain construction equipment rented to a terminated subcontractor by a supplier; and that the general contractor had therefore rendered its surety company and itself liable under the statutory bond for rental charges accrued and unpaid until the time of the general contractor’s release of the equipment.…