Legal Opinion
New England Power Co. v. Riley Stoker Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 14, 1985PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
In 1969, the plaintiffs (referred to herein, in the singular, as NEP) entered into two contracts with the defendant (Riley) for the design, manufacture, and installation of two boilers for NEP’s facilities at Salem and Brayton Point (Fall River). A detailed description of the boilers is unnecessary. It is sufficient to state, as did NEP in its amended complaint, 2 that “[bjoilers such as these are technologically complex and sophisticated and ... are entirely dissimilar from the small, residential or commercial units with which the public is generally familiar.” Almost as soon as the boilers…
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