Where a defendant has challenged a Superior Court order striking the defendant’s notice of appeal as premature, the appeal must be reinstated under Roch v. Mollica, 481 Mass. 164, 165 n.2 (2019), and Tocci Building Corp. v. Iriv Partners, LLC, 101 Mass. App. Ct. 133, 136 n.5 (2022). “This is an appeal from an order
A recent decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court in Tocci Building Corp. v. IRIV Partners, LLC, 101 Mass. App. Ct. 133 (2022) has established precedent that the formal rejection requirements.
On June 7, 2022, the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed a strict reading of the Prompt Pay Act, G. L. c. 149, § 29E (the “Act”) in Tocci Building Corp. v. IRIV Partners, LLC, Case.
Owners and their project representatives need to strictly adhere to the Massachusetts Prompt Payment Act’s requirements or risk losing their right to dispute payments to contractors,.