Litton Business Telephone Systems, Inc. v. Schwartz

In dismissing the defendants’ previous appeal on the grounds that the requirements of Mass.R.Civ.P. 54(b), 365 Mass. 821 (1974), had not been met, this court, citing Henshaw v. Travelers Ins. Co., 377 Mass. 910 (1979), ruled that no final judgment is to be entered “unless the judge who entered the orders of December 9, 1977, and October 23, 1978, shall first file with the papers an explanation of his reasons for striking the aforementioned counterclaim and defaulting both defendants rather than imposing one or more of the other sanctions available under Mass.R.Civ.P. 37(b)(2), 365 Mass.…