Kingston Housing Authority v. Sandonato & Bogue, Inc.

Much of what the Kingston Housing Authority (the KHA) has strenuously argued on its appeal is governed by Melrose Hous. Authy. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 402 Mass. 27 (1988). As in Melrose, the KHA had a clerk of the works inspecting construction as it went up and may not claim that the defects which plague the project concerned were inherently unknowable. What remains in the case is KHA’s contention that the obligations of Sandonato & Bogue, Inc. (Sandonato), the general contractor on the project, extend beyond the limitation — six years — established by G. L. c. 260, § 2B. The applicable…