Edwards v. Sullivan & Cogliano Companies, Inc.

This is a Dist/Mun. Cts. RADA, Rule 8C, appeal by defendant Sullivan and Cogliano Companies, Inc. (“S & C”) following the entry of an $8,700.00 judgment in favor of plaintiff Ronald Edwards (“Edwards”) on his claims for breach of contract and equitable estoppel.2

Edwards was the sole witness to testify at the bench trial. The defendants rested at the close of the plaintiffs case, and made an oral motion for a “directed verdict,”3 which tiie trial judge denied. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, Haywood v. Massachusetts Automotive Group, Ltd., 1998 Mass. App.…