Legal Opinion

Labbe v. Home Depot USA, Inc.

Massachusetts Superior Court

Decided March 19, 2007No. 0600185PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MacDonald, D. Lloyd, J.

Before the Court are plaintiffs motions to compel further discoveiy in connection with what the plaintiff alleges were inadequate answers to his interrogatories and inadequate responses to his request for production of documents.

*311The dispute joined by these motions provides a vivid illustration of discovery abuse by counsel for both parties by their failure to comply with basic obligations under the rules. The result has been a waste of the Court’s scarce resources as it has had to intervene to decide issues that counsel should have been able to resolve themselves, or —…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BlondinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  2. Sanford v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  3. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. Appeals CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. New Bedford Standard-Times Publishing Co. v. Clerk of the Third District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  5. George W. Prescott Publishing Co. v. Register of ProbateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. EVEREEN JOHNSON as Personal Representative of the Estate of ADOLPHUS MCKENZIE v. MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITYMassachusetts Superior Court · 2023

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