Islami v. Needham

We are asked to determine whether language in the plaintiff’s complaint “demand [ing] judgment ... in an amount to be determined by a jury,” without more, is sufficient to preserve his right under G. L. c. 231, § 103, to remove his case from the District Court, where the action was commenced, to the Superior Court for a jury trial there.

The plaintiff filed a complaint for damages in a District Court in Essex County naming the two defendants in separate counts. A jury trial of a civil matter so filed is available *443by statute. G. L. c. 218, § 19B. The plaintiffs claim arose from a motor vehicle…