The plaintiff contractor, Rocksolid, brought an action for the unpaid balance of a contract to install masonry stonework on the defendants' new home.
The defendants counterclaimed for the cost of completing the work and repairing alleged deficiencies.
The court found that the defendants breached the contract by failing to supply sufficient stone, which delayed the project into the winter, and repudiated the contract by refusing to pay for the necessary heating costs and ordering the plaintiff off the jobsite.
The court also held that the defendants failed to mitigate their damages by denying the plaintiff a reasonable opportunity to correct the minor deficiencies.
The plaintiff was awarded $18,530.89 on a quantum meruit basis, and the counterclaim was dismissed.
