Cantell v. Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos, Inc.

We consider in this appeal the applicability of the Statute of Frauds, G. L. c. 259, § 7, to a claim by an employment agency for services. After a hearing on cross motions for summary judgment, a Superior Court judge granted the motion *551of the defendant, Hill Holliday Connors Cosmopulos, Inc. (HHCC), ruling that the claims of Christopher Cantell and Linda Yancy Kidsley, doing business as Cantell Communications International (CCI), for breach of contract and quantum meruit were barred by the Statute of Frauds or, alternatively, that CCI was not the efficient or predominating cause of HHCC’s…