The Massachusetts Appeals Court vacated a grant of summary judgment and ruled that the New England Carpenters Central Collection Agency and benefit fund trustees had a contractual relationship with the general contractor under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 149, section 29, because they were intended third-party beneficiaries of the collective bargaining agreement with the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, exempting them from notice requirements for collecting unpaid employee benefit contributions from the payment bond surety.
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