Daigneault v. Consolidated Controls Corp./Eaton Corp.

Opinion

The plaintiff, Lany L. Daigneault, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the defendants’1 motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction the plaintiffs motion for contempt. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly concluded that it was without jurisdiction to rule on the motion for contempt. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The following procedural history is relevant to our resolution of the plaintiffs appeal. On July 7, 1999, the plaintiff filed a seven count revised complaint against the defendants. Just prior to the commencement of the jury…