Rosano-Davis, Inc. v. Sastre

The defendants, Marcos Sastre (“Sastre”), Rosa M. Sastre, and Rosa M. Sastre, trustee of Tiara 34C Realty Trust (‘Trust”), appeal pursuant to Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 8C, the trial judge’s denial of their motion for involuntary dismissal and his subsequent finding in favor of the plaintiff, Rosano-Davis, Inc. (“Rosano-Davis”), on a quantum-meruit theory. The issue is whether the landowner Trust on the facts here may properly be held liable for paying the bills of the subcontractor Rosano-Davis when the general contractor had not fully done so. For the reasons set out below, we find…