Legal Opinion
Christopher v. Duffy
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 6, 1990No. 89-P-549PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
A judge of the Superior Court denied the plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend her complaint a second time to name five companies and a trade association as defendants and to assert against them fresh theories of liability. A single justice of this court denied the plaintiff’s petition under G. L. c. 231, § 118, first par., for relief from that interlocutory decision, but granted the plaintiff leave to appeal it to a panel of this court. We now affirm the decision on the principal ground that the judge did not abuse his discretion in denying leave.
1. The action was begun on May 27, 1982. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Payton v. Abbott LabsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Castellucci v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Jerry A. Beeck and Judy A. Beeck v. Aquaslide 'N' Dive CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Goulet v. Whitin MacHine Works, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Ramirez v. GrahamMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
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