Depattie v. Taylor

This appeal, pursuant to Dist/Mun. Cts. RADA, Rule 8C, concerns a jury’s verdict for the defendant and a judge’s finding for the plaintiff on the underlying c. 93A claim in the aftermath of a home construction. The plaintiff acted as his own general contractor to construct his home in Leicester during 1993. He had plans drawn by a local sanitation engineer, who was not an architect, and he hired the defendant, a carpenter, to frame the house in accordance with the plans. The house was to have a scissor truss system to support the cathedral ceiling. At some point dining construction, it became…