Porcaro v. O'Rourke

The defendants, Michael and Beth O’Rourke3 (“the O’Rourkes”), hired the plaintiff, Peter Porcaro d/b/a Better-Way Home Improvements (“Porcaro”), to remove several windows from their home in Westborough and install new ones. The work was done, and almost all the contract price paid, when the O’Rourkes were informed that nonconforming windows had been installed. The parties submitted to arbitration pursuant to G.L.c. 142A, §4(b), and, after a hearing, the arbitrator entered an award for the O’Rourkes. Porcaro brought suit against the O’Rourkes by way of appeal from the arbitration award in a…