Legal Opinion
Harrigan v. Mason & Winograd, Inc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 5, 1979No. 77-46-AppealPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWeisberger, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court finding that an order entered May 6, 1968, had effectively dismissed the plaintiff’s case against all three defendants named in the complaint. The May 6, 1968 order of dismissal was entered pursuant to a motion brought by the defendant Mason & Winograd, Inc. (Mason & Winograd), under Super. R. Civ. P. 37(b((2)(iii) to dismiss the complaint for the plaintiffs failure to comply with orders compelling discovery. A review of the somewhat complicated travel will serve to clarify the posture of the case on appeal.
On November 1, 1964, plaintiff…
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