Legal Opinion
Nansamba v. North Shore Medical Center, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 12, 2013No. 13-1266PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
When litigation goes awry, lawyers sometimes scramble to find a scapegoat. So it is here: having conspicuously failed to protect the record, the plaintiffs lawyers attempt to shift the blame to their opposing counsel. Concluding, as we do, that this diversionary tactic lacks force, we affirm the district court’s denial of the plaintiffs motion for relief from judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
The facts that gave rise to the underlying litigation are chronicled in the opinion below, see Nansamba v. N. Shore Med. Ctr., Inc., No. 11-11459, 2012 WL 1856950, at *1-2 (D.Mass. May 21, 2012),…
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