Legal Opinion
Cahaly v. Benistar Property Exchange Trust Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 8, 2008PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
In this appeal we principally consider two questions: first, whether a Superior Court judge properly granted judgment notwithstanding the verdict (judgment n.o.v.) to a defendant on the ground of an “evidentiary gap” in the plaintiffs’ claims, and second, whether she then properly vacated the judgment n.o.v. and allowed the plaintiffs’ motions for a new trial based on “newly discovered evidence” that might close that gap. See Mass. R. Civ. P. 50 (a), 365 Mass. 814 (1974) (judgment n.o.v.), and Mass. R. Civ. P. 60 (b) (2), 365 Mass. 828 (1974) (postjudgment relief on ground of newly discovered…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- John B. Janigan v. Frederick B. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1965
- William ALPERN and Russell D. Miller, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. UTILICORP UNITED, INC., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- McEvoy Travel Bureau, Inc. v. Norton Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. v. Superior CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Reading Co-Operative Bank v. Suffolk Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
- Iantosca v. Step Plan Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
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