Massachusetts General Hospital v. Town of Natick

When this case was before the Appellate Division originally, 79 LEGALITE 503 Mass. App. Dec.-, it was recommitted to the trial justice so that he might set forth the specific facts found as the basis of the general finding for the defendant. In the original case, he ruled on requests for rulings of law with the qualification that these requests were “inapplicable to the facts found” but failed to state what were the facts found. Rule #30 requires that the facts be set forth when the trial justice qualifies his ruling with the statement “inapplicable to the facts found” in order that it may be…