Brillante v. R.W. Granger & Sons, Inc.

According to the plaintiff, Philip Brillante, early one evening, a taxi dropped him off at a construction site *543across the street from his intended destination, a bar in Somerville. Upon alighting from the cab, he fell into a hole and injured himself. Not surprisingly, he sued numerous entities and persons: the cab company; the cab driver; the city of Somer-ville; the owner of the property; the general contractor, R.W. Granger & Sons, Inc. (Granger); and one subcontractor, Antico Excavating, Inc. (Antico).

In turn, the general contractor Granger filed a crossclaim against the subcontractor…