Doyle v. Baltaks

Plaintiff Robert P. Doyle (“Doyle”) has appealed the allowance of the defendants’ Mass. R. Civ. P., Rule 12(b) (6), motion to dismiss his complaint on the ground of res judicata.

Doyle is the former tenant of defendants William J. and Phyllis Baltaks (the “Baltaks”), who brought a summary process action against him in 2002 to recover unpaid rent and possession of the premises. Doyle filed a counterclaim in the 2002 action alleging that the premises were defective, and that the Baltaks had failed to provide heat, hot water and smoke detectors, had cross-metered the utilities, and had committed…