Arsenault v. Scanlon

The plaintiffs appeal the order of the Superior Court (Goode, J.) denying their motion to amend their writ. We affirm.

This case commenced when the plaintiffs filed a writ of summons on March 21, 1991. In response to the plaintiffs’writ, the defendants filed numerous motions to dismiss. The superior court denied these motions but twice ordered the plaintiffs to file factual supplements to their original writ. Eventually, on July 20, 1992, the Superior Court (Brennan, J.) ruled that the plaintiffs had failed to comply with the prior orders directing them to particularize the specific claims…