Home Carpet Cleaning Co. v. Baker

Home Carpet Cleaning Company, Inc. (Home), brought this action of contract with counts on an express contract and in quantum meruit to recover for services performed and material supplied to Henry Baker (Baker) for cleaning, repairing and replacing rugs *880damaged by the bursting of a hot water pipe in Baker’s apartment. Identical counts were brought against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty), the insurer of the installer of the pipe. The District Court judge found for the plaintiff against each defendant on the counts in quantum meruit and found for the defendants on the the counts on…