Morochnick v. Quigley

This case reaches us on appeal from denial by a Superior Court judge of the defendant’s motion to recover costs incurred in an earlier appeal. In Morochnick v. Quigley, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 1035 (1984), the Appeals Court reversed a Superior Court judgment for the plaintiff, and ordered that the action be dismissed. The defendant then filed a motion in the Superior Court to recover the costs of printing and filing his appellate brief and record appendix, together with a verified bill of costs. The judge denied the defendant’s motion and a subsequent motion for reconsideration. The defendant’s…