Palmer v. Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc.

Agnes, A.J.

1. Introduction

This is a civil action in which the defendants, Youth Opportunities Upheld, Inc. (YOU, Inc.), Maurice Boisvert, Paul Kelleher, Michelle Hirst, Maria L. Doyle and Renee Scansaroli (“defendants”) invoke Mass.R.Civ.P. 35 and seek an order to compel the plaintiff, James Palmer, III (“plaintiff’) to submit to a “psychiatric examination by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or LICSW chosen by the defendant.”1

The facts pertinent to the resolution of the defendants’ motion are not in dispute. This case involves allegations of sexual abuse of the plaintiff by third-party…