Reed v. Zurn

¶ 1. Defendants Karl and Jane Zurn appeal the superior court’s judgment awarding plaintiff Chris Reed Construction damages based on defendants’ refusal to pay for work performed pursuant to contracts in which plaintiff agreed to clear land and build roads and septic mounds for defendants’ planned development. We affirm.

¶ 2. In the fall of 2004, defendants hired Trudell Consulting Engineers (TCE) to develop plans and supervise construction for eight housing sites on a twenty-two- acre portion of defendants’ four-hundred-acre parcel in Bakersfield, Vermont. They also retained a company called…