Legal Opinion
Brooks v. Hautala
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided December 10, 1984PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
This is a petition to establish the defendant’s draft report which was “denied by the trial court.
The defendant claims in the draft report at issue to be aggrieved by the trial court’s allowance of the third-party defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings. Said motion was predicated on the defendant’s failure to satisfy the impleader requirements of Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. P. Rule 14(a).
1. It is well established that the “denial” of a draft report is tantamount to the dismissal rather than the disallowance of such draft. Arciero v. Eagle Realty Assoc., Inc., 1982 Mass. App. Div. 203,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Cook v. KozlowskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Comfort Air Systems, Inc. v. CacopardoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Kaps, Inc. v. ShermanMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1983
- Arciero v. Eagle Realty Associates, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1982
- Hart v. KeoveneyMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Reynolds v. PintoMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1986
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