Accent Store Design, Inc. v. Marathon House, Inc.

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

These consolidated cases came before the Supreme Court on the appeal of the plaintiffs, Accent Store Design, Inc. (Accent) and Columbus Door Company (Columbus), from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court for the defendants, Marathon House, Inc. (Marathon) and Scott Wolf, in his official capacity as the Director of the Rhode Island Governor’s Office of Housing, Energy and Intergovernmental Relations (GOHEIR). At issue in the appeal is whether a subcontractor has a cause of action against a public authority that fails to require a payment bond in connection…