Newman v. Brennan

The essential facts are undisputed. Following a trial in a District Court on March 17, 1987, judgment entered on April 6, 1987, against the plaintiff on the defendant’s counterclaim. Notice of the judgment arrived from the clerk’s office at the office of the defendant’s counsel on April 8, 1987. The plaintiff’s counsel was absent from his office from April 6, 1987, through April 14, 1987, due to a disabling back injury. While he was absent, the notice arrived at the law firm with which he practiced, DeCoulos & Spitzer, and was opened by an employee. The notice was received prior to April

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