Diamond v. Hanover Insurance

This is an appeal by the plaintiff of the denial of his Dist./Mun. Cts. R Civ. R, Rule 60(b) (6) motion for relief from a judgment of dismissal with prejudice which was entered as a sanction for the plaintiff’s purported failure to comply with a court order for discovery.

The plaintiff brought suit to recover insurance benefits for the alleged theft of a motor vehicle leased by him and insured by defendant Hanover Insurance Company. The action was commenced in the Superior Court Department and transferred for trial to the Haverhill Division of the District Court Department on September 16,1992.